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Post by rhyds on Jul 4, 2018 20:20:01 GMT 1
Usually I'd agree that we don't need A/C, but this was the temperature in Ireland last week...  |
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Post by remmington on Jul 4, 2018 20:36:11 GMT 1
The bit you don't see is how much UK car owners love air-con... I think it is because everybody in the UK is bigger (fatter ) than they used to be. (Just a theory). Oi! I represent that comment!...  I'm not fat.....I'm just a little larger than I was when I was 14.....  You mean "resent that comment"... Doctor weighed me a few weeks ago... Did the BMI calculation - reckons at 90kg and 173cm I am obese. I personally don't think I have done too bad, I was 13stone 3lb when I left school aged 16. I am 51 and I only weigh 14stone 2lb. That is only a stone more! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 21:29:09 GMT 1
We came to one common conclusion. The man who is able to bypass and/or remove A/C equipment from cars is going to be busy soon! There's no need for any of this stuff on UK-spec cars, just wind the f***ing window down!
Very good, but what if you recently bought a car with electric windows that don't work and you can't open them so you go back to the garage that sold it you within days ago to be told that they will not fix them, so you get the short straw, no A/C and no free air just a boiler. This was a real case a couple of weeks ago. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 21:30:43 GMT 1
Oi! I represent that comment!... I'm not fat.....I'm just a little larger than I was when I was 14..... You mean "resent that comment"... Doctor weighed me a few weeks ago... Did the BMI calculation - reckons at 90kg and 173cm I am obese. I personally don't think I have done too bad, I was 13stone 3lb when I left school aged 16. I am 51 and I only weigh 14stone 2lb. That is only a stone more! 0.90  |
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Post by chippie on Jul 4, 2018 22:00:54 GMT 1
Oi! I represent that comment!... I'm not fat.....I'm just a little larger than I was when I was 14..... You mean "resent that comment Yeah, course I do...I was just kiddin..as usual... Sometimes, I like to have a joke around with you guys...life is too short not to have fun... |
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Post by valhalla on Jul 4, 2018 22:51:19 GMT 1
Usually I'd agree that we don't need A/C, but this was the temperature in Ireland last week... Good to see the coolant gauge was in the middle! Agree that Ireland has been exceptionally warm this last week - the papers have been reeling the numbers off every day.
We are about to enter a cold spell of weather from tonight, if the BBC weather is to be believed. Overcast and around the 14 or 15c mark for a week. There is certainly something going-on this evening; like last week, there is some cold mist rolling up the glen from the sea (like the Mull of Kintyre.......) and the air feels colder this last hour.
I forgot to add "air-con loving millennials" to my tirade about the sort of people that cannot cope with "male" and "female" threads, and need to live in a politically-correct bubble to survive... 
But I agree that despite a vegan diet of lettuce and water, they still struggle to get behind the wheel of modern motor vehicles, and probably sweat too much just the same..... |
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Post by liam99 on Jul 8, 2018 8:57:48 GMT 1
I think the mixture I am thinking of is hydrogen/nitrogen mix for air con leaks. You really do need a good electronic sniffer to go with it. I've never been a fan of the dyes available for leak testing A/C systems, when the molecules sizes of the dye are understood in relation to the molecules of the refrigerant used, although the dye can be seen using UV light, miniature leaks won't be found using dye, but the mix in the cylinder explained above is the smallest molecule size on the periodic table for leak testing A/C systems, which are smaller than the molecule sizes of the actual refrigerant itself. Do you have any recommendation for a good electronic sniffer or band to look at? Thanks Liam |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 10:59:16 GMT 1
I think the mixture I am thinking of is hydrogen/nitrogen mix for air con leaks. You really do need a good electronic sniffer to go with it. I've never been a fan of the dyes available for leak testing A/C systems, when the molecules sizes of the dye are understood in relation to the molecules of the refrigerant used, although the dye can be seen using UV light, miniature leaks won't be found using dye, but the mix in the cylinder explained above is the smallest molecule size on the periodic table for leak testing A/C systems, which are smaller than the molecule sizes of the actual refrigerant itself. Do you have any recommendation for a good electronic sniffer or band to look at? Thanks Liam I'll look at the make I have tomorrow and let you know. |
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Post by remmington on Jul 8, 2018 15:13:43 GMT 1
I have an expensive Robinair sniffer - and I don't trust it!
If you get a "sniffer" run a petrol of diesel car and then put the sniffer near the exhaust and listen to increased rate of "bleeps". You will quickly work out why!
I have used several differing ones - even borrowed several "high spec ones" off the industrial refrigeration people who have an industrial unit near us.
All results with a sniffer have to be seen as an indication only - not a diagnosis to go buy parts with!
Fairy liquid and a paintbrush is a far better for "defined diagnosis". Trust me on this.
So if you find a leak with a sniffer - then prove it with Fairy liquid and a paintbrush.
Dye is a better option with an IR light.
I have the full set of dyes - yellow and red - plus an expensive multi waveband Fluke IR torch.
I have even invested in Blue coolant IR dye - this really does work. I have found several mystery leaks near EGR coolers and water cooled turbos using this stuff.
Problem with dye is: You need to put it in and test run things for days - this is not gonna suit some customers looking for instant gratification.
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Post by Karl on Jul 8, 2018 17:29:06 GMT 1
Agree with the sniffer tool
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Post by Karl on Jul 8, 2018 17:35:30 GMT 1
And yes sometimes you need a couple goes at locating the leak.
Laws don’t help
Which states you mustn’t knowingly release an vehicle with refrigerant which has a leak.
But with hard to find leaks you have no choice. Sometimes but to recheck it after a week or so
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Post by remmington on Jul 8, 2018 17:40:11 GMT 1
And yes sometimes you need a couple goes at locating the leak. Laws don’t help Which states you mustn’t knowingly release an vehicle with refrigerant which has a leak. But with hard to find leaks you have no choice. Sometimes but to recheck it after a week or so I would agree... Leak testing aricon systems is a pig and time consuming. Best avoided... |
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Post by studabear on Jul 8, 2018 19:48:41 GMT 1
We only regas. The amount that pass the vacuum leak test and then you can here it leaking is ridiculous. We then have to extract everything as quick as possible.
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Post by Karl on Jul 8, 2018 20:24:57 GMT 1
Talking of price of gas
We just paid £1022 inc VAT for 2 13kg
R1234a bottles
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Post by Karl on Jul 8, 2018 20:25:50 GMT 1
And £460 for a 5kg yf gas bottle
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I'm not fat.....I'm just a little larger than I was when I was 14..... 
