a/c recharge

[91accord4door]

i have a 91 ex,does anyone know a round about price for getting my a/c recharged, its blowing warm air.is it excpensive?thanks

[BustedLX]

Depends on why it leaked out. Refrigarant should never leak out thus needing a "recharge" you should take it somewhere to have the leak found, stoped, system vacummed, and filled.

[91accord4door]

well i dont know.it is not cold no more.what needs to be done.theres no leaks its just not cold.how much is it to have it coldagain?thanks

[BustedLX]

Take it to an A/C shop. 90% of the time if it's not cold, there's a leak. The other 10% it's a broken compressor, low/high pressure switch, or other electrical item.

[91accord4door]

ya but dont you have to get a/c's recharged?

[BustedLX]

no you should never need to "recharge" an A/C. "Recharge" is what topping off a system with a small leak. The A/C system should never leak and never need a recharge. I still see old 1984 Olds Cutlass's with their original R12 system blowing ice cold that has never been touched since the day it left the assembly line.

If your gas is low, you have a leak, and you need to fix it.

[91accord4door]

oh ok.so its only the new systems that get recharged.thanks busted,also what are thos r12 conversion kits at wal mart.thos any good ya think.thanks.

[BustedLX]

Systems that need "recharges" are normally old R12 systems that where converted to R134A. The R134A molocules are smaller then the R12 molocules so they escape faster threw smaller holes then R12 would. Sometimes a leak is so small that R12 won't leak threw it but R134A will.

Those conversion kits suck in my opinion. Converting to R134A is pointless and I'll tell you why. If you system is ice cold and still has R12 in it, Why convert? If your system was R12 and leaked it all out that means that it has a nice size hole in it, what makes you think that adding R134A that has smaller molocules will last any longer?

If you system was R12 and leaked out all the refrigerant what you need to do is, find the whole, replace the part that leaks, replace all your o-rings, replace your dryer, vacum the system, and fill it with R134A. Then it will be Ice cold and shouldn't leak again.

[91accord4door]

cool,thanks and will do.this summer will be a lot better with a/c,it's just that the a/c parts/components are so damn excpensice to buy and replace.thanks for the info busted ya cleared some stuff up for me that i didnt know.

[BustedLX]

np

[Tone-us]

I "recharged" my ac system for about 200 bucks, but the bastards forgot to mention the leak! those lazy bastards, they probably didn't even check for it. That's the last time I ever go to those jerks.

[accordztech]

my friend recharged mine with r12. but its not cheap! i only paid 30 for the bottle and mine is dead cold. there is r134 conversion which is co..but there is a new one thats out that is better than r12, and r134 its called like d12 or something i forgot. but it smore efficient and is compadable with both.

havent seen it around yet.

[Tone-us]

Excellent, I know what I'll be aim'ing for this summer. Does anyone know the price for a bottle of this new stuff? Just so I know so I don't get ripped later!

[accordztech]

its cheaper but im not sure whats it called..i think its duracool. i seen it in porsche magazines...they said just as cheap as r134. but im not sure...

haha r12 is like 40 bucks a can now. hella expensive.

[accordztech]

www.duracool.com