Air Con Problems Ba Xr6t

[xr6t83]

Just had it gassed yesterday, they told me to take it back to ford!

has anybody had any problems with there aircon units, im a bit skeptical that its just a faulty hose or something, at first I was told its just a slow leak, after getting it re-filled yesterday theres only a minimal decrease in air temp compared to the day before when it was only blowing hot air!

Any info would greatly be appreciated!

Cheers Mark

[Jaymz]

On my EL I had a stone chip on the condensor and the gas was leaking from there took a while to identify it, BA's however don't have the condensor located like the EL's so shouldn't get hit by anything. They can run a coloured gas through the system to identify most leaks, suggest they do this as on a new car you shouldn't have to put up with warm aircon. Mine is fantastic especially in these 36 degree days we have been having.

[cqae]

the 'colored' gas can be either used during the charge process & is contained in the gas or can be injected to a system at the end of gassing. It is a UV dye that glows under a UV light to make leak detection easier, although it has its pros & cons. A major leak like it seems you have-leaked out over night should be easy to find, how ever a non cold system could be more thatn just low on gas. there are other things that can do this, so AC guages usually need to be connected to check pressures & performance.

If there is a leak that large it really should have been found during the regass or prior to that when the systen is vacced down & left stand. Unfortuneatley lots of places skip a lot of the testing & just shoot some gas in & worry about the details later.

an air con specialist should ba able to handle any of these situations easily.