1990 RRC A/C...What to do...

**gavinwibrow** · 6th January 2019, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

if you upgrade the condenser upgrade the compressor.

you can wrangle some of the advantages of a larger condensor by fitting a larger reciever drier or 2 reciver driers in sequence. its cheaper and gives you a larger liquid capacity in the system which means you can make more use of the evaporator.

Its a bit of guesswork to tweak it just right and is easier to do with a larger condenser.

its also easier to get the evaporator freezing up.

HiChill lover, hater, or on the fence? always interested in your opinions/feedback.

**aussiebushman** · 6th January 2019, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

My Hichill has been in 4 years in my 2002D2 Td5 auto.
It still cools well.
I have been wondering whether I should contact the Coastal Cool Air bloke re a top up as last I heard he was wanting to become a financial advisor. LOL. Probably not now due to the mandatory education requirements which my son has just completed.

Regards Philip A

Can't help you in Sydney but if you fancy a drive to Goulburn, Lee & Thomas did mine in the 93 SE. Dave is the workshop manager and is very helpful.

Alan

**DoubleChevron** · 6th January 2019, 10:11 PM

DYI ... non professional use ... I've been using hychill for about 15years.... Brilliant! Be very careful decanting it. Remember your playing with an LPG blend ... "BANG" is what you'll get if you unplug a service port near an ignition source (eg: dizzie). I have a friend that has done this

seeya,
Shaen L.

**gavinwibrow** · 6th January 2019, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

DYI ... non professional use ... I've been using hychill for about 15years.... Brilliant! Be very careful decanting it. Remember your playing with an LPG blend ... "BANG" is what you'll get if you unplug a service port near an ignition source (eg: dizzie). I have a friend that has done this

seeya,
Shaen L.

In my case, could be ok with a TD5?

**DoubleChevron** · 7th January 2019, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

In my case, could be ok with a TD5?

I hope your not asking me .... Its great asking someone that has no idea and is unqualified .... I'd do it no worries. A/C is A/C .... doesn't matter what car it is in. you have a pump, evap, condenser .... the stuff flows around in circles making heat. What more could you want

The only thing that would concern me is making sure the compressor isn't containing an electric motor if its an electrical vehicle (I wouldn't want to mix sparks with bang gas, not matter how well isolated they are).

**PhilipA** · 7th January 2019, 09:59 AM

The only thing that would concern me is making sure the compressor isn't containing an electric motor if its an electrical vehicle (I wouldn't want to mix sparks with bang gas, not matter how well isolated they are)

You had better get rid of your home fridge then, bang gas and electricity.

Regards Philip A

**aussiebushman** · 7th January 2019, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

You had better get rid of your home fridge then, bang gas and electricity.

Regards Philip A

Agree! Besides which, while many of us do jobs that are supposed to be done by "professionals" there are limits and in no way an unqualified person should be playing with Hi-Chill or any other highly explosive gases - also like LPG installations. Petrol is bad enough but at least you can see it.

A specialist service shop will charge at $100+ per hour but at least the job will (or should be) done correctly and safely. If it blows up while they are working on it, at least you will not be there to join in the fun and their insurance will get you a new car.

**DoubleChevron** · 7th January 2019, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

You had better get rid of your home fridge then, bang gas and electricity.

Regards Philip A

LOL .... I'm not fussed when it all hard lines and very few moving bits

A car is a pretty bad environment compared to a domestic fridge.

**DoubleChevron** · 7th January 2019, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by aussiebushman

Agree! Besides which, while many of us do jobs that are supposed to be done by "professionals" there are limits and in no way an unqualified person should be playing with Hi-Chill or any other highly explosive gases - also like LPG installations. Petrol is bad enough but at least you can see it.

A specialist service shop will charge at $100+ per hour but at least the job will (or should be) done correctly and safely. If it blows up while they are working on it, at least you will not be there to join in the fun and their insurance will get you a new car.

It shouldn't "blow up" .... There should be no oxygen or ignition source in a A/C system

Infact, I think it would be incredibly difficult to get the stuff to explode (unless you literally pumped the refrigerant into the closed up car ..... waited for the air/gas ratio to be right .... then add an ignition source).

Changing the bottle on your BBQ is probably more dangerous as you can have "open" valves on the hotplates etc.

seeya,
Shane L.

**4bee** · 7th January 2019, 10:50 AM

There was a "theory" a while ago that the London Grenfell Tower initial explosion was caused by a 'new fangled' inflammable gas in a fridge. Apparently something caused the back of the guy's fridge to explode or so he said.

Never saw anything further about it but that could be due to many things including a cover up/whitewash,
or it may have just been a theory after all.

Just sayin'.

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