Air con leak! Fixed.

roverbarmy · 25th October 2017, 11:54

I noticed that my air con was starting to whine when engaged so thought that I'd better get it checked out. I called in Graham Webster from Drive Cool in Norwich as he's done my motors before. Sure enough it was losing refrigerant from a seal. In no time at all, the front bumper was off and Graham had a new seal fitted. He then completed leak tests and refilled the system. All done very efficiently. As he was already here, I had the good lady's Polo done at the same time so we are good to go again. All done very efficiently and reasonably priced. Thank you Graham.

SD1too · 25th October 2017, 16:40

Thanks for telling us about your happy experience Mike. I always urge members not to use the cut price ‘fast fit’ outfits but instead to support the self-employed specialists in the air conditioning field. It’s good to hear that Drive Cool diagnosed a simple problem and repaired it on the spot without telling you that you needed a new compressor.

Simon

roverbarmy · 25th October 2017, 16:48

It was the seal where the pipe goes into the air con rad (more of an alloy washer really) but he showed me the leaked liquid using his UV light and looking through the orange glasses. Brilliant stuff. It was a matter of removing the bottom pipe securing bolt (very fiddly due to lack of wiggle room) cleaning up all the mating surfaces and replacing the seal.

It gave me a chance to grease all the bumper bolts with waterproof grease and spray the matrixes with ACF-50 (great stuff to stop corrosion).

25th October 2017, 11:54	#1
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Air con leak! Fixed. I noticed that my air con was starting to whine when engaged so thought that I'd better get it checked out. I called in Graham Webster from Drive Cool in Norwich as he's done my motors before. Sure enough it was losing refrigerant from a seal. In no time at all, the front bumper was off and Graham had a new seal fitted. He then completed leak tests and refilled the system. All done very efficiently. As he was already here, I had the good lady's Polo done at the same time so we are good to go again. All done very efficiently and reasonably priced. Thank you Graham. __________________ Oil in my veins!

25th October 2017, 16:40	#2
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,386 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Thanks for telling us about your happy experience Mike. I always urge members not to use the cut price ‘fast fit’ outfits but instead to support the self-employed specialists in the air conditioning field. It’s good to hear that Drive Cool diagnosed a simple problem and repaired it on the spot without telling you that you needed a new compressor. Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

25th October 2017, 16:48	#3
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	It was the seal where the pipe goes into the air con rad (more of an alloy washer really) but he showed me the leaked liquid using his UV light and looking through the orange glasses. Brilliant stuff. It was a matter of removing the bottom pipe securing bolt (very fiddly due to lack of wiggle room) cleaning up all the mating surfaces and replacing the seal. It gave me a chance to grease all the bumper bolts with waterproof grease and spray the matrixes with ACF-50 (great stuff to stop corrosion). __________________ Oil in my veins!