Air Conditioning System Recharged ( 131000 miles )

During the summer I obviously used my air conditioning quite a lot and I felt it wasn’t cooling the car as efficiently as it had in the past so decided to get it recharged and refreshed by Ayrshire BMW & Mini Specialists in Ayr. This is the same company who had coded my Dension ICE system and I knew they would do a good job.

I certainly feel I got my money’s worth as I was there for about 90 mins, first to do a vacuum test on the car where all the old refrigerant is sucked out along with the compressor oil and a vacuum is held to ensure there are no leaks. This takes quite a while since a slow leak won’t be immediately apparent. Fortunately my system was intact so it moved on to the refill stage where a specific quantity of fresh oil is added and the required volume of refrigerant.

Anyone who thinks they can do the same job by buying a can of refrigerant from Halfords and doing it their self should think again because to do the job properly requires the proper equipment to measure the oil quantity removed and to ensure the correct amount is added back.

After performing a bunch of system tests a sanitising “bomb” was set off in the car with the blowers all on full power with the air recycling inside. This is to sanitise all the ducts and generally refresh the car with a pleasant citrus smell. It eventually became “pleasant” but was a bit on the strong side on the drive home! :)

Total cost £48