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AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« on: April 29, 2010, 09:37:51 am »
Hi All

VAGCOM reported low coolant in the aircon.

Any recommendations for a good CHEAP top up in or around West Yorks (Leeds)

Just missed out on the £25 Kwik-Fit deal, but don't fancy one of them mucking about with the car.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2010, 12:12:19 pm »
Must be a couple of indi vw dealers near you mate ?. Get them to sort it.  :happy2:
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2010, 02:07:38 pm »
I'm sure vw had a promotion going on with the a/c re-gasing? go onto vw direct and have a look.

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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2010, 02:53:16 pm »
HiQ has an offer on at the momnet for £35. Brand new one down the road from the Porsche garage near Armley (no good on place names in Leeds!)

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HiQ Tyre & Autocare Ltd
‎147 Gelderd Road, Leeds LS12 6BR
0113 203 5949‎
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2010, 04:54:58 pm »
Cheers Garth

Will give it a go tomoz.

Think it is Geldard Road that one  :wink:

VW is £99 for Aircon & Brake Fluid.

Skint at the moment, but don't want the expense of the aircon compressor packing up 'cos its got no oil & coolant....
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2010, 05:23:39 pm »
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2010, 11:22:39 am »
Mine is just being done at Kwikfit, £49 with 48 day guarantee.

Wish me luck!! :happy2:

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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2010, 11:54:07 am »
They were doing a half price £25 offer. Only finshed a couple of weeks ago.
You may get some mileage in it for a discount.
They also offer a guarentee of a 10% improvement in cooling.
Good luck.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2010, 12:29:01 pm »
Quote from: nc35 on April 30, 2010, 11:54:07 am
They were doing a half price £25 offer. Only finshed a couple of weeks ago.
You may get some mileage in it for a discount.
They also offer a guarentee of a 10% improvement in cooling.
Good luck.

Good luck isn't on my side at the moment! :sad1:

I just went to pick it up to be told that the aircon doesn't work. I'm not sure what doesn't work about it, but it is Kwikfit we are talking about. No doubt I have an expensive trip to VW now, or a hot summer to look forward to! :sad:
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2010, 12:53:54 pm »
Quote from: nc35 on April 29, 2010, 04:54:58 pm
don't want the expense of the aircon compressor packing up 'cos its got no oil & coolant....

I could be wrong but I suspect that most of these fast fit places don't actually remove the old compressor oil and refill with new oil.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2010, 01:26:17 pm »
Always thought it was an automated process.

The old gas is collected by the machine then filled with new coolant & oil.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2010, 10:25:21 am »
All done. Took nearly an hour.

Machine does remove old gas and re fill with new gas/oil.

Deffo improvement and a nice smell too.

Hopefully the compressor, seals etc will be ok for another year or two.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2010, 10:16:25 pm »
How often should you get the air con done?  Are there any signs to show it's needed?  My GTI is 56 plate, 22,000 on the clock.  Ta :happy2:
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2010, 10:41:38 pm »
Quote from: Kemosabi1 on May 02, 2010, 10:16:25 pm
How often should you get the air con done?  Are there any signs to show it's needed?  My GTI is 56 plate, 22,000 on the clock.  Ta :happy2:

VW will tell you every 2 years but it may not be necessary to service it that frequently if it's working normally.
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Re: AIR Con recharge - Leeds
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2010, 11:19:11 pm »
VAGCOM Reports low pressure assumably when low as it did not come up with an error. 

So far as I can tell (car came with all receipts) never been topped up in over four years.  Read that the more air con is used the more frequently it need re-gassing. Not sure how, but the system dries the air too.

£35 seems much cheaper than new seals or compressor 
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