Thread: Aircon Recharge on a Defender good Service business in the Noosa area

Hi Mark

It wont be the receiver/dryer as that is only a storage vessel. The pressure switch on the receiver is a different story, it is a pressure switch/safety control. It could mean you have a leak and not enough gas in the system to close circuit the pressure control or the switch itself could be ted's brother (roo). Call Daren @ Coolparts Sunshine Coast on 54437630 and he should be able to put you in contact with someone who does car air. Make sure they are licensed and if it is running short of gas make sure they find the leak otherwise after a while you will back to square one. $ wise, it depends what's wrong but refrigerant should only be about $40 odd dollars a kilo and it shouldnt take more than 1-1.5 kg

Cheers Ian

the deefer (depending on varient and excluding the puma cause I havent had to do one yet) takes between 700 and 850G of gas. there will be a sticker on the top of the radiator OR the quantity for your system listed in the manual.

If you have one of the underdash evaporator units dont let them overcharge it to get the temps down as 90% of the time it will just wind up freezing up the cores.

I don't think it has been used in some time, so I think it low on gas. It is 17 years old, so about time I get the aircon fixed before the summer. I will try Coolparts and give them a call,

Thanks Mark

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