Member Since: 07 Jan 2020
Location: Sevenoaks
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AirCon - Stupid Question Alert!! 🚨🚨🚨
Hi all,
How do I know weather or not my Disco (56 LR3 S) has AirCon?!
18th Jul 2020 1:25 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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All D3’s have AC.
Whether it’s working is another question.
18th Jul 2020 1:28 pm
Attodisco3
Member Since: 07 Jan 2020
Location: Sevenoaks
Posts: 60
Thank you.
Booked into Halfords for a free aircon check on Monday, then only £50 to Regas. So we’ll see what they can do.
18th Jul 2020 1:51 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
So we’ll see what they can do.
Theres a lot that they can do wrong
18th Jul 2020 1:57 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10403
If you are going to take it somewhere, take it somewhere who can diagnose leaks as well.
Your just wasting your money if Halfords tells you it has a
Leak but don’t have equipment to fine it. As you have to start the process (and paying!) all over again where they do know what they are doing.
Mind you £50 is good if it doesn’t have a aleak, but thats unlikely.
My fill valve needed changing. (Like a tyre valve, easy)
And front condensers are common
18th Jul 2020 4:10 pm
Attodisco3
Member Since: 07 Jan 2020
Location: Sevenoaks
Posts: 60
Any recommendations in the Kent area other than Halfords then please would be much appreciated.
18th Jul 2020 4:25 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
I use my local garage in Maidstone.
Not the cheapest, but it has been good for over a year now.
TBH any small local to you garage will do the job just fine.
Be aware the price of the R134a gas has risen considerably over the last year or so.
18th Jul 2020 4:31 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23453
Have a search for mobile air con specialists. They can be very knowledgeable and reasonably priced.
Also consider replacing any leaking (rusted) pipes with plastic ones. 👍2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
18th Jul 2020 8:22 pm
davidhem
Member Since: 21 Feb 2013
Location: Kenilworth
Posts: 710
It is worth taking the grill off and having a look at the condenser to see if it is rotting at the bottom, they are a common cause of leaks, it was on mine.
There is a fantastic how to written by Disco_Mikey on changing the condenser here:
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23453
Unfortunately, if the ac system hasn’t been used for some time the seals and joints are likely to have dried out and become cracked and leaking.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
18th Jul 2020 9:09 pm
davidhem
Member Since: 21 Feb 2013
Location: Kenilworth
Posts: 710
Of course you could just be out of gas and a quick refill sorts it. Lets hope so. David
18th Jul 2020 10:43 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459
LT wrote:
Unfortunately, if the ac system hasn’t been used for some time the seals and joints are likely to have dried out and become cracked and leaking.
The A/C is on all the time on these vehicles unless you press the econ button to turn it off, so it shouldnt ba a problem
19th Jul 2020 8:06 am
davidhem
Member Since: 21 Feb 2013
Location: Kenilworth
Posts: 710
Yes if there is gas, if the car detects low gas it turns the pump off to protect it.David
19th Jul 2020 8:14 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23453
Yes, my poor use of words. I should have said if the ac hasn’t been working. 👍2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
19th Jul 2020 9:31 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72841
Start cheap, work up the price spectrum. Mine stopped working sometime over the winter, and only realised on my first hot drive through France, 38c outside and 40c inside. Luckily seat covers were waterproof. Had it regassed in Andorra, it then worked. Then a couple of months later it stopped working again so new condenser was fitted under warranty, that worked for the few years until the end of the car’s life.
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