How to Recharge a Car's AC System the Easy Way
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- How to Recharge a Car's AC System.
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Product Description
It is as easy as 1-2-SQUEEZE. It cools interior faster with colder, drier air. Replaces lost refrigerant and oil in automotive air conditioning system. Special anti-wear additives extend system life and improve performance. System safe leak sealer stops most common air conditioning leaks in hoses, gaskets and O-rings.
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My mechanic in my town wanted to charge me $150 just to look at my car. Screw that. Thanks for the lesson!
and thank you for watching
They charge allot because they have to check for leaks with uv dye
@@04dram04 - I wonder how they make that UV dye sparkle when they must flash the black light on all the lines, and the leak is on the O-rings buried inside of the dashboard. Maybe, just a refrigerant with a leak stopper/sealer will do the job? Without questioning where the leak is... Any ideas?
When I turned my computer on I thought I had to check several videos to have a good idea on how to do this job. Now, after watching your video, I can say that this one is all I need. You are very professional on your teaching method. Please keep it up. We need more people like you.
Thank you.
+Leonardo Di Michele
thank you
very understanding video for women....thank u very much for sharing your knowledge...
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i appreciate that you didn't skip any steps. Most videos on YT on this subject just skip little detailed steps
+burmesebeef
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dude you should be a teacher. very clear and well-spoken lecture lol
thank you
AwkwardHamster. I was trying to recharge my ac last week and the pressure was high based on what it indicated on the ac pro handle gauge. Do you have a solution for this?
Hi. I don't have an environmental friendly way to reduce the pressure. If I overcharged mine, I would take it to the shop and have a mechanic address the issue.
If your pressure is off by a little bit, wait a day and check the pressure again for verification.
AwkwardHamster. Hi. The pressure is off by a lot. I don't mind if it is not environmentally friendly because I know the mechanic will probably go the same way. Kind of hypocritical since I am a Environmental Science college major.
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Many thanks for a well done instructional video. Your calm presentation gave me the encouragement to recharge our 2003 Santa Fe. Just as you said I found the label under the hood for the correct refrigerant and purchased the AC Pro product. I re-watched the video this morning in preparation for the task and with renewed confidence opened the hood, found the low port opening, attached the hose and squeezed the trigger. And in minutes, the blowing air was once again cold! Yeah, easy peasy. Thank you.
Michael Francaviglia
Thank you. Glad to hear you found it useful.
This was the best video on how to show adding freon to your car I very much appreciate your teaching abilities
Thanks
Great video, will try this today. Thanks for the tutorial
thank you
AwkwardHamster I got a question I have no ac in my car n when it rains my windows get foggy do I need ac for it not to fog when it rains?
Yes. When turn on the car's front defogger, it invokes the a/c. Not all cars have a front defogger but I see them more often in cars after 2000.
AwkwardHamster thanks man for the answer I just bought the same can u have looks different but sam brand it was on sale for 30 bucks, was wondering do I need more than one ?
The car's manual or under the hood (as in my case) tells me the pounds. At the same time, we don't know how much is missing. Maybe your system have zero pounds of coolant. When you fill, measure along the way. Don't overfill.
I just used this product today. 5-23-2014 My a/c was dying. Air was not cold at all. Printed the easy step by step instructions to have outside with me. Could not believe how easy it was. My port was right in front ..on top..closer to the left side. 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan. This stuff WORKS !! WOW. After I Finished I sat in car and started freezing. Glad I didn't take my car for service where I would have been robbed of a couple hundred bucks. Walmart had the best price..$35 with the gauge & hose.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for this very comprehensive instructional video. I am so into doing it myself and appreciate the exactness of the step by step instructions.
I don't normally comment but you did a very good job explaining how to do this. Thanks bud
+Dylan Lepp
Thank you. Glad to hear this was helpful.
A. Hamster, I bought a can of A/C Pro and followed your instructions and it worked well, thanks
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Thank you for your help😭😌 all other videos on UA-cam were useless.
Thanks for watching
This video just saved me about $60.00 and who knows how long waiting for the car.
Thanks!!
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Your a lifesaver! I have the same car and u made it so elementary. U saved me a bunch of money! TYSM
Ellen Wood glad to hear the good news
Works like a charm!. Thank you very much. Took me about 10mins and now my ac is freezing cold. :)
glad to have helped
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Video was extremely helpful. I'm a visual person and sometimes it's easier to see how to do it.
lalberto Thanks
I love hearing success stories. Thanks for the feedback!
Very helpful video! Thanks for teaching us your ways! I'm now cool. Literally.
glad to hear this video helped
Thanks for explaining the temp gauge. Very Detailed, better than the company's video
thank you
Excellent Video,For a NON-Air Conditioning Guy!
+herculesx thanks
Thank you sooooo much for this video. You did such a GREAT job with your description. This video made me confident and it was a success, thanks again to you.
Great video I have the exact Lexus model this made it a little easier for me. Thanks!
...up the compressor. Also, avoid any coolant with 'leak stop'. The leak stop works in two ways: first, it softens the O rings to allow them to expand. That's great temporarily, but it eventually degrades the o rings. Second, it clings to moisture and gels up. These clumps of gel can clog the filter, drier, and eventually kill the compressor.
Thanks a lot it was very helpful I'm not sure my car is in the best shape but I want to use it anyway and look at it and test it because here in Tucson it's 103 right now and it's been 100° for weeks and will continue to be 100° so I want to make sure my AC unit is filled
iseehaters
I use to live in Tucson. At 100 F, heat is still heat even if it's dry heat. Good call, stay cool.
Hey hey! I just recharged mine and it works great. Piece of cake thanks to your video. I thought the same thing as everyone else-AC Pro's video was sort of confusing. Got mine at Walmart for $35. Thanks again!
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Best charging video ever, thanks for helping this old woman (-:
Taco Truck you're welcome
I recharged mine towards the end of last year and it's still running strong this summer.
Very very helpful. I have a 99 grand am and will be doing this for sure.
thanks
great video, showed me where the low port is located on my Lexus.
+Jay Brown
Thanks for watching
This was a great video that worked for me and now I have a car AC blowing cold air!
excellent video on car's recharging the ac system.
Thank you
hey its aug 2021, and this video is still useful! thank you!
He did a great job. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to make & post this video.
glad to hear you found it useful
very well done DIY I've done this yesterday, and now have stumbled on your video. also I did used that same A/C PRO branded Refrigerant it worked wonders for the car.. thanks again for a good video
+bizkid7
Thanks for feedback.
Thanks! Well-done step by step video. Now that I've seen recharging in action, gonna go do it now.
+Kevin Kendall
Thanks.
Great video, thanks for taking the time to film and demonstrate
Nice video. We're glad you got your cold air back. Thanks for using A/C Pro!
A great video - clear, concise directions and tips. Thanks!!!!!
Thanks.
u r great I'm going to try it now hopefully the same aspect applies to leak cans
Dee Gabby Cool
excellent money saver and supreme tutorial, thank you
Dmurillo Joffroy thanks for watching
Removing refrigerant is easy. You pump it to a recovery tank or if you don't have the EPA looking over your shoulder you press the Shrader valve with the vehicle off just like letting the air out of a tire. Proper procedure 1) recover all refrigerant 2) find/fix leaks 3) vacuum system 4) Add proper amount by weight not pressure.
Thanks for the video now it's clear for me.. Going out to get an AC PRO.
Arturo Velarde Rojas cool
I welcome opinions. It is very possible I have a leak. It's been a year since my recharge and the A/C still runs cold. I figure the recharge kit contains some sort of sealant and my leak wasn't severe. If I lose the A/C again, I'll try what you suggested.
Thanks bra! Great video, very helpful, better than the instructions on the can!
edmundo7nyc thanks
Thanks for the video, very informative. We have a Cadillac and when we first connected the hose the the low pressure end it showed low and on board computer also tells us that the refrigerant is low and compressor is off. When we tried to add the refrigerant it went into the red right away.What do you think it means? Could it be a clogged valve or something else? Trying to avoid mechanics charging money for something that we should be able to do at home.Thanks.
Very Good video. Very Helpful and Easy to Follow. Thanks.
thank you
I just wish the AC Pro would have worked. It did not.I brought my car in to have it serviced. I THINK it might be the Blend door. We'll see. Thanks.
confusing nozzle...great video...well explained
+Omar Wilkerson
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Great video and easy to understand. I tried to put the gauge on my car. I could not get it to actually go on fully and I know I was at the right spot. When I was able to push the thing down the gauge would go to the high mark. Any suggestions? I am trying to avoid taking it in.
james Friend
So the engine was on, ac's on full blast, and when you measure the pressure using the low port the gauge says it's in the red? If it were me, I would take it to the mechanic.
You really cant diagnose problems with these cans and gauges. If your car is off, and the ac unit is at ambient temp, assuming there is some liquid refrigerant in the system(which ideally there is) the pressure on both sides( high and low) will be the same and equal to the vapor pressure for the ambient temperature. @ 70 f that would be at 60 is psi. That may be the reason why you see the needle go to the red. On the video the pressure was pretty much zero. To be safe I would have vacuumed the system and checked for leaks first.
great video, im guessing its the same for every car
Yes. Though I haven't checked out what it was on the Tesla.
Thanks for making this video where is the over charge video?
great video. looks simple enough. thanks for sharing.
Thank you
This helped me through the entire process. Thanks!
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It can be due to low refrigerant. First, use the gauge to measure how much pressure is in the system before you refill.
Comprehensive DYI....thanks!
thanks
Thank you so much. very well done, clear and thorough.
thank you
Good video, but the bottle should've been held upside and completely vertical during the recharge step, then rotated between horizontal and vertical orientations (12 and 3).
Thanks for helping me out, now i have cold air ☺
Cool
Excellent video. Saved great amount of money!!
very clear and articulate. thank you!
+Janae Blatch
Thank you.
Thank you for a good video! All videos should be like this!
119ify thanks for the kind words
This video was very informative and well put together man, Thank You!
thanks for watching
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing. I just recharged mine and it works great. COOOLLLLL....
Gerwin Pineda thanks for watching
I have an Acura mdx. I'm guessing it's the same steps correct? Great video btw. Thanks
Yes, same steps.
glad to hear the good news
Thanks for the help ( I bought one and need to know how to use)
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Do you recharge it with the car on, and the ac on? Or does the car have to be off?
thank you bro(: i just did it on my Lexo! :D
like too many others thank Mr. Teacher
swxe6 thank you for watching
thank you, very straight forward
Abu Omar cool, thank you for watching
Mine was not totally at zero starting it was just below the green with one can of this I got it just into the green but still below the target V cone on the gauge before can was empty. My Ac is blowing cold again so hope I did it right.
Wow. And does your AC still remain cool? Many of these cans contain a leak sealant. It sounds like it took 4 cans to plug all the holes.
Thank you for the video, it was a huge money saver!
have u ever noticed everytime you press the AC button on there is some kind of noise from the engine and it goes on for sometime depending on the temp you have set. so have u ever noticed that noise. if so then what is it. and how to stop that noise ..thanks
What I meant is to shake the canister. Since I don't have enough room to shake up and down, I turn the canister left and right. This agitates the contents so that you can get as much of it into your car as possible.
Great video! Wish I had watch this b4 I refill my vehicle. I have a question. Now I over filled and the pressure is in the red. What should I do?? Please help! Thanks
First, your state may have laws stating it's illegal to discharge R-134a into the environment. Because it could be illegal, I would recommend having a professional evacuate the system. It's probably not what you wanted to hear since evacuating the system isn't difficult.
AwkwardHamster
Hey Thank you for the video. I have Honda 06 I understand it will be the same step my question is on Honda website it says I need compressor Can too after filling it with the ac refrigerant?
I'm not familiar with that.
great video.. but man have u see the engine check sign below the mileage meter.... you shud concern about it. there must be a problem with the engine..
It's usually emissions related if it's solid. Could be bad gas cap as well or a small evap leak.
I used the same bottle, A/C Pro, to refill my system. I just want to tell anyone who reads this, it's a damn miracle. For about a year my car had no AC. It was just brutal. If you are about to do this yourself, read further :) First off, Follow Directions! Engine needs to be running and AC on max while you do this. My car's system was making a terrible noise when I turned on the AC and started injecting this bottle. The gauge on the bottle had the needle on the red at first, meaning it was past the "V". I was terribly confused. According to the instructions, this means the system is empty for some reason... So I injected about half of the bottle into my system as the instructions said. About 7 minutes later, the needle dropped down to the green area. Suddenly the system went quiet! It started working, cool air coming from the vents in the car. The needle went to the green area, and I emptied the rest of the bottle into the system. My car now has SUPER cold air conditioning. I am so pleased. Please feel free to message me about this, because man the whole system was confusing, but my 10 year old car suddenly has AC and the chemicals in this were able to lubricate and seal my AC system. So happy here. Ok so moral of the story here is that your system might be empty, and in the case of my 1999 Saturn SC1, the dial in the gauge was in the red. Once I emptied half of the bottle into the system the A/C clutch started working and the pressure dropped into the green. Note: As I injected the refrigerant, the gauge never went up but dropped down very slowly. If you see the gauge move more into the red, visit a mechanic.
+Jules L hi I have problem with my A/C. I took to a technician and he recharged, it worked nice for 3 days. I didn't drive for days but when I tested it now its no longer getting cool. I called the technician he said to fix the problem I have to a lot. I was thinking of giving A/C a shot before a fork out a lot of cash on A/C. Could it prevent minor leaks
bryn22 You might have an a/c leak, try to find and seal it. This worked for me, it's been over a year.
+Jules L thanks
Will just 1 can be enough to have it at normal levels? How long will the coolant last if you suspect a leak somewhere? I read the description for this specific Ac Coolant and supposedly it helps seal any leaks. Have you had any troubles with leaking after using it, or at least decreased? Thinking of trying this soon because rolling down my windows during driving is killing my gas milage! Thanks!
great video very helpful! will be doing this tomorrow!! TY
Can you store and reuse the left over refrigerant ?
stay cool my friend
Very helpful. Thanks!
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Great video and how you explain good job
Thanks.
It all seems so easy peasy but make no mistake the system could be leaking out of several various spots and the money and time spent was for nothing. It’s good to get a mechanic to guarantee a sound and secure job.
We all like saving money but sometimes it’s just not that simple just remember “ Murphys Law”.
Very well done.thanks
thank you
This was an excellent video
+Desirey Aguilar thanks
Thanks for the great video/tutorial!!
Many Thanks.
hey man great video it help me alot thx for the post
Many thanks. ..... really helpful
Thanks for the video
Thanks! Great video.
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Good video!
My A/C compressor would not turn on so believe that it's low on fluid. Spent $40 on your unit and installed according to directions. The A/C compressor did start, but pulses off and on and will take no more charge and I get no cold air. All warm. All controls set properly. Compressor pulsing is only about 5 seconds long them shuts down and recycles again. Any suggestions?
Dale Drew Hi Dale. Double check to see if there is too much pressure in the system.
Great video! Really helped a lot. Thank you!
+Officer235
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+Officer235
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You really help me out bro appreciated
+KING David
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great tutorial!!
Emmanuel Quiñones thank you
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