DIY Air Con!!
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2018
- So ive done this a few times before.. and thought id give it a try on the old fiesta! Enjoy :)
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A lot of people saying it's £50 at Halfords, I bought this one last summer for my mums car but never used it and when I bought it, it was £25/30 I would never pay £50 for it! Check eBay lads may be cheaper and you can still return the can at Halfords still
Unfortunately... there has been a change in the law of the sale of these ... due to the environmental harm the price of these products have increased... I have experience in a garage and the canisters we typically bought for £80 have risen to £300 - £400 hence the increase in the price of these canisters as well... any local garage have increased the AC recharge price to between £80 - £120 dependant on vehicle... we used to charge around £45, however it is more expensive to buy...It's the new law... the gas is more expensive everywhere... It's better to just have it done in a garage from now on
not only law, but the price of the gas goes very high because of the new gas for new Air Cons.
£10 refund when you take the bottle back though, and does three cars , so it is cheap.
Delta Romeo 3 at least
It is £49.99 so not good.!!!
Awesome video! Nice to see another video on the fiesta. And yes, it has been very hot lately! That exhaust note is fantastic. Keep it up dude!
It worked on my MK2 Focus, by the way, it say's do not attempt to charge if the gauge reads in the red empty zone, I found i had to initially charge into the yellow zone to get the compressor to kick in, once it did, the needle dropped back to the start of the green and I got a lot more charge in, system now works perfectly.
Dont forget, with the halfords stuff you get £10 back if you take the empty can back in. You will need your receipt. Also you should always use your air-con periodically. Even through the winter. The gas has an oil atomised within it, and this helps to lubricate the air con pump. So occasionally running it helps to keep the system conditioned.
I had my a/c filled up by a mobile service 40quid he told me never use one of them cans.when you refill your a/c first they suck the system out even if it's empty then they pressure test it if that's ok then they put a lubricant in the system to stop corrosion & lubricate the a/c pump.Then when they put the refrigerant in they place the gas can on scales because it goes by weight
Hey man love your posts. Down to earth and easy to follow.
You should run A/C for at least 20 minutes every month, regardless of the time of year, as it stops the seals in the system from drying out and causing leaks. Also using A/C in the winter acts purely as a dehumidifier and helps clear steamed up windows faster.
And turn it off 10 minutes before you arrive so the "codensator", don't know if that is the proper word, and the other internals dry so you prevent it from smelling moldy.
Coses Gaming
Shouldn’t make much difference. The smell comes from bacteria and dirt build up on the evaporator coil.
Even with a cabin filter in place some muck gets by and matted on the coil.
Best way to prevent the smell is to clean off the coil and use A/C coil cleaner with anti bacteria and fungicide
I run A/C all year around, a must in the winter too.
Excellent point well made
Thanks for taking the time to do this video. 👍🏼😀
Ideally, it needs a vacuum to check for leaks, as you may have a hole in the condenser, but air con gas contains oil to lubricate the compressor, might be worth getting it done properly? Great vid though, love the channel
Good man and your right only time will tell as sometimes if they haven’t been used in a while seals leak and in a few weeks it could all leak out again but atleast it works so can’t be too bad
Brilliant video, I wish saw this 5 months ago I would have save my self a trip to a garage to do it.. Nice tip
Dude I have been wanting to do this, this vid was perfect.
You mention you used it on 2 other cars before this one. Was it the same canister or was it a different canister ? If it was the same canister for all 3 cars then it seems the airco only needs a small amount to be filled or it's quite a big canister. I think i will find this for my zafira as the airco doesn't work well.
We havent got these cannisters where I live. Is there any aircon oil in the cannister upon filling?
I didn't know you could get these diy kits, Thanks for the vid.
i never thought about doing my aircon myself thats a new one on me nice one
A lot of aircon fail on cars due to not being used and the seals on the pipe work dry up and leak the gas out of the joints to stop this from happening is to run the aircon once everyweek for a few mins just to pump the gas and oils around the system to keep the seals from drying out that way the aircon gas has minimal chance from leaking away to the atmosphere
Wow never knew it was that simple good vid mate 👍
Hi mate i got a mk6 fiesta 1.4, had the car 2 weeks, now i popped to halfords n they done a regas using this exact method but i still had no nice cold air infact it was warm. When i push ac button revs increase slightly so that tells me the ac pump is working maybe? Any ideas u could give me mate this heat is a killer n like u said sometimes open windows just isnt enuff lol
Can you use the bottle more than once? Do you keep the tube on it to re,use it??
Hi there,would you mind telling me the diameter of the nozzle that fits the pipework please?
When ya gonna clean the steering wheel
great vid! My air con needs topping up - ive looked on Halfords website and its £50? Did u buy it when it was on sale winter time maybe lol
MiissyB still cheap for three cars
Great video mate. Super channel
My car’s got a slow air con leak, however I don’t want to spend money on repairing it. Do you think I can get away with recharging the air con system when I sell the car?
Typical
With the same Halfords Kit all good, but connection to cylinder big leak, so soon had an empty bottle. So back to store £10 off a fresh bottle and exchanged trigger/gauge . Now screwed into fresh bottle and big leak. So unscrewed quickly but internal washer was ripped 'again' and parts had jammed into the new bottle schrader type valve Needed to place small o-ring over the threads of the then new bottle to stop any leaks . I'm going back to the store again as the STP (made in China) gauge/hose has a rubbish re-usable connection it would seem
Onde compro este para-choque dianteiro ???
What's going on with the corsa mate?
Thank you for the video James and Take Care 😎👍🇬🇧.
"Figured this would be COOL to do" haha nice video btw m8
The next best thing to edd China! Love the videos
Mate make a video on wheel painting do those rims in Matt white will look nice against the black
Are you gonna continue the underground 2 series pal, you looking forward to Forza Horizon 4 being in the uk!?
You don't fill an a.c. system as they are sealed systems. If it's got no gas in there's a leak. Just sticking gas in it will drag moisture in and change the oil in the comp to acid. Also I didn't think you could buy this over the counter now with an up to date fgas?
Can you post the correct on the product on fiesta page pal!
How much was it from Halfords please..?
What's the news on the Corsa?
At the moment Halfords charge £60.00 for the gas (£10.00 refund on the canister) and £20.00 for the gauge. Halfords are pioneering supplying the DIY car mechanics at a higher price than a garage would charge.
Ford fiesta with air con ? When did that come offered ? It used to be abudget car what year is this model ?
Most cars in the UK have come with AC since around 2005. It's almost universal in 2018.
Hi , I was using this stuff to Regas a car than hasn’t been gassed for about 10 years. The recirculating button wasn’t turned on and then turned on later. The ac button was pushed and the compressor seems fine, but not blowing cold, any ideas?
It was turned on for a bit of the regassing
A Ford Focus cmax 2005
В твоей фиесте есть кондиционер ?
could've linked the items you used mate, would've been a great help
Got this today from Halfords £60 weren’t even ez chill stuck it in the mini until green and it’s still hot pfft
good video,however,you should point out to people, that the hose adapter is an extra and does NOT come with the main canister.....
wait, so i don't need hose and gauge ? do you mean i can do it with the canister only ?
just had her indoors fiesta done at ATS for £29 through Groupon 2 weeks ago just checked Groupon today its gone up to £34.99
I got mine done at ATS yesterday for £25.08
I got mine done a couple of weeks ago for £29. If you phone around you can find a garage that will do it on the day. I was so pleased with ATS that I returned back for new tyres and spark plug replacement.
I could have had it done at a local garage to me for £26 but they where booked up for 2 weeks so i agree phone around I had a look at Halfords but they where way to expensive
well you should of made your own A/C history,by checking it for leaks first,then do vacuum to remove all the air from the system,and then fill with R134A,as I can hear the sound of air inside the system when you turned it own,like it's pushing the gas ,and there is restriction.
have u gt the corsa for sale? I'm sure i seen one similar online
Jordie Evans not really lol just seen it advertised ffs😂 i whip german
shubz if you whip German why are you looking at corsas online 😂😭
Piers Piers Stark cus why the fuck not pal
u need a new steering wheel for the fez
Gonna give mine a recharge now - Thanks.
dude I'm the same my birthdays 4rth July haha another great video but been trying to figure when I put my air con on and accelerate I hear a beep sound from the engine like there's a leak so I might try this or check at my Local garage as it's bugging me lol
My car doesn't have air conditioning but it does have a cold air blower and it has bits of leaves/debris in it (bought it used). I have bought a cabin filter as its probably never been replaced but what can I do to clean out the remaining debris?
To prevent your AC gas leaking, The best thing to do is to use it frequently.......
I have to agree with others, I was always told that with air con you need to "use it, or loose it". When I've owned vehicles with air con I have it on all year round. In winter it clears misted windscreens much quicker, I think it's something to do with the humidity of the air.
The van I've just bought needed a regas, cost me £70 at an independent garage which included a check for leaks, now that it's working it'll be on all the time 😊
It's £80 now or if you want to be daft it's £79.98. I've ordered a kit from Thompsons just now for £55 with delivery for £60 but you get 3 x cannisters and the guage/hose and one of the cannisters is a leak repairer. Halfords is a rip off merchant.
So what refrigerant was in the can then?
MaxisH probably r134a
I didn't realise that you could get such easy access to refrigerant without an f-gas qualification
MaxisH you can buy massive tanks of it as well
Norwich I see, fancy a Collab XD
And what about vacing out the system and weighing in the CORRECT charge???????
david ham give it a break it’s a bloody fiesta not a cool room with £10,000 worth of stock. And more to the point he did say he was only “trying it” and it worked so added bonus for him.
fuck off, we are back street tinkerers not ed from wheeler dealers.
Rob k 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If the system still has charge in it doesn't need to be evacuated - this is common practice even by professionals, granted if there is a leak and it is overcharged it it won't be overcharged for ever.
Thought it was a bigger job than that to be honest!
always been £50 at halfords
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Does the recharge can come with the trigger/tube thingy?
Dominik £15 extra
Louis James Then you might as well take it to a garage so they can do it properly tbf. But I've noticed that there DIY recharge kits are much cheaper in the USA.
Dominik I did 3 of my cars and proper garages charge £60 a time?? that’s not cheaper.. once you have the gun it’s yours for ever, and prices are going up on r124, due to r1234 superceeding
Louis James that can will not fully fill the ac cars. And if you're only doing one car it's definitely not worth it. Also the cheapest that I could find an AC recharge service for was £34.99.
£40 is the standard price for air-con regas. This is silly, £65 all in plus you have to do it yourself, doesn't even make sense.
I got my lion to subscribe .
Thanks, this was useful but I searched for Con Air.
Chortle, snort. Now £60 at Halfrauds, which is what Kwik Fit will charge you do a leak test and a drain and refill of both gas and compressor oil. Normally I'd avoid them like the plague, but that does make sense.
Fo to your local garage and have them do it for £30 cheaper and you don’t have to mess about doing it yourself 👍
Like the shorts! Suit you.
You should also now replace the air con filters. They degrade over time and that cars will be crap judging by the rest.
Benefit lols typo
Having mine done on the 10th July for £29 that's including a full A/C service, I'm not too clued up with aircon but the list of what's included for £29 is great. If any leaks are found then there is no charge. A company based in derby called staykool.
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Wow this is now £60 at Halfords !!!
I have used them but all it does it top the gas up, two days later you may find your air con is not working because there is a leak on the system
It has a leak you don’t need to add more my car has the same shit for 10 years +
Ok so how can i get in touch as I have a new project and I think you may baby it with the tutorials on here as I'm an avid sub I normally do everything myself and I get pleasure from doing so. But personal circumstances now denote I don't have the time around looking after the kids to do so.....looking forward to hearing from you bud....I don't know how to P.M and not keen on putting my number on public posts. So maybe you could P.M me bud
Might aswell have not bothered filling it if you only plan to use it occasionally. That's why it doesn't work lack of use. You waste more fuel driving with a window down that running the air con. It's great in the winter for dehumidifying the interior also
Campbell actually that's wrong, using air con puts more load on the engine and as a result it uses more fuel to run. Although having the windows down causes drag it's still more fuel efficient in comparison to using air con.
Sam Smith It'll only make a notable difference to engine load if the car has a very small engine, anything with a decent size engine ticking over an air con pump is nothing
Campbell Yea that's true, smaller the engine the harder it's going to be working to drive the pump and the car, as long as you're cool who cares about fuel in hot weather ! Can't stand being in a car in this heat.
who worries about fuel?
It does naff all to my MPG using air con. So does winding the window down. In actual fact my MPG went up 0.1MPG when i started driving with the window down!
Better to get a pro to do it correctly, vacuum out the old gas, pressure test for leaks and refill, normally £30 and it takes 1 to 2 hours doing it correctly. I would be all for DIY if there was a saving, but there is none in this case IMO.
Shame the cans have rocketed in price :(
sure others said already but refrigerant is not something that is supposed to run out. there is a leak somewhere. it is something that should stay full all the time like the ac in the house. you don't have to fill them up now. you can also overfill it and that is as bad as under fill. this is temp and you should get the rubber seals/gaskets that are leaking fixed.
High pressure is the smaller pipe. Low pressure is the bigger pipe.
This is incorrect, but fine on an old car. Correctly done, the system will be drained from pressure, new oil in the compressor, repressurised as well as freon and that is it. It takes around 45 minutes just the vacuum the system. What you have done will create moisture and dirt in the system, but it is completely fine if you don't want the car to last more than 2-4 years. BTW use your system at least 2 times a month.
How about DIY air con for us that don't have it. 😅😅
Get it done professionally. The whole system needs to be put into deep vacuum before fresh refrigerant is installed. Adding R134a is very very dangerous.
Halfords £20 for the pressure tool to add refrigerant
£50 for the refrigerant
Or pay £49.99 for a garage to do it when you said £25 for the kit I went out straight away for one to find major disappointment
So I don't know why my ac doesn't work. Fans work, compressor works, I have checked the pressure by pressing on the valve with a screwdriver and there is pressure. Idk I might just take it to a garage.
It's £50 for the canister and says you will also need gauge....doesn't say comes with gauge...!!!
Told my cat to subscribe. Just carried on licking himself. Sorry bro...
usually means the condenser or some other component is leaking. there didnt appear to be any gas in it whatsoever when you started
Gone of the days I had to waste £50 of my own cash to take a refrigerant handling course these cans I guess are okay but not amazing because proper ac machines vacuum all the old shit out the system and all the moisture than checks for leaks than refills with dye and Pag oil than the gas all of this gas is getting more pricey due to a shortage of gas
I thought you needed to be fgas to handle refrigerants
So did I.
paulanderson79 r134a is used in Airsoft guns too, so.... Not in this case.
+Kevin Cudmore - It's also used as a propellant in inhalers which are prescribed to asthma sufferers. You definitely need a licence here in Europe to handle it in an automotive capacity. though. Bit of a dichotomy really.
paulanderson79 it isn't used in any of my inhalers.. I don't know where you got that info from.
+Kevin Cudmore HFC-134a is exactly the same as R-134a. It's listed on the canister of many of mine.
Oi oi
£50 a tin now..
Darren N 28quid with a trade card
Good video but it's not worth doing yourself. That gauge doesn't tell you if you have the correct amount of gas is in the system for that vehicle. You could be over filling it. It's better to go to a air con specialist who can put the correct amount of gas in for that vehicle by weight.... it's a good video but how do you know you haven't over filled the system? Over filling is worse than having little gas in the system.. I wouldn't touch these kits.
Chris not strictly true,irregardless of the weight of gas that a system holds(and i have worked on small cars that hold about 750 grams,right upto big combine harvesters that can hold 4000 grams),they all run at the same low/high pressures,so it can be done on system pressures alone
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Please clean those poor seats lol
I have be F-Gas certified for professional use for refrigerant handling and how to do this procedure correctly.
This is not the correct way to re gas a vehicle, the system may be under or over charged as it is done with a weight of gas, also the system has not been vaced out.
The price of R134a has not shot right up with the manufacture demand no longer there and is now roughly £500 for 12kg conpared to 4-5 year ago for the same amount was about £60.
This gas is highly dangerous and its a joke the joe public can buy this.
This one my friend gets a thumbs down just based on the subject and my strong views against untrained people handling refrigerant systems.
402 R143a indeed if not handled correctly is highly dangerous.
This can cause extreme freeze burns if the incorrect thermal protection is not worn, also the gas can make you very nauseous.
Yes R1234yf I would deen more dangerous due to its flammable capacity. And Co2 is currently being trialed with Mercedes and some of the high end Audis I am led to believe.
This would be a more viable solution for sure.
And also gauage pressure can vary relative to atmospheric temperature.
Running pressures usually are around 2BAR low side and around 10BAR for high side assuming ambient is around 16 Celsius
Be quicker to pay a professional to do it and in half the time.
kiwifit offers a recharge for 60 pounds
is youtube ur only job now
I don't think its a great ideea, because you need the right amount of compresor oil and refrigerant put in the system. If you put to little of to mutch, it could damage the entire system.
Please, do some research next time, let the professionals do it with proper equipment ( pulling the remaning old refrigerant out, doing a Vaccum test and filling the system ).
I work on trucks in Germany and thats not a profesional way to do it.
The damage will come in months of refilling inappropriately.