Air con gas

iain · Postby **iain** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:29 am

Hello everyone just wondering if someone can help me out.

My air con has finally run out of gas so I am in need to get it regassed

i called up Bosch and they told me if it has been converted as there are 2 prices if its been converted $120 if not $300 I was wondering how I can tell ? As I don't want to get ripped off.

My car is a 1990 aus delivered mx5.

And I was wondering if anyone knows of a cheaper place around Sydney ?

aviper4u · Postby **aviper4u** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:53 am

from what i know cars pre 1994 have the "dangerous" to ozone refrigerant.
though in saying that have a look under your bonnet there are stickers with info etc there about aircon and other services etc, might off already been flushed and injected with the modern refrigerant.

cheers

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:00 pm

I´m using HyChill hydrocarbon in 2 of my cars.
No need for a conversion, can do it yourself as it´s not a controlled refrigerant AND it works better and puts less strain on the copressor because it runs at lower pressures

iain · Postby **iain** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:36 pm

Where can you get it from

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:57 pm

Hychill.com.au has a list of suppliers.

iain · Postby **iain** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:49 am

Called up burson and they said 180 dollars holy crap

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:05 pm

That´s for a 9kg cylinder that will do about 90 cars! It´s the one I have but they used t do a small recharge unit that´ll do about 3 charges.
Check with Hychill, their people have always been helpful

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:37 pm

If your car has been converted to run on R134a gas, there will be a sticker somewhere under the bonnet telling you so.

Why they banned Freon gas I'll never know, but it was a knee-jerk reaction to all the chlorine gasses that were putting a hole in the ozone layer, which they now know was just bulldust.

Most of the chlorine gasses emitted into our air is caused by the sea and volcanoes anyway, and not by man, so the ban should have been lifted years ago.