Nice cheap Air Con fix :)

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Originally Posted by phil1968

Hi. An airconditioning engineer here. The A/C system on a car is supposedly sealed but it's actually not 100%; the refrigerant will leak out via the compressor shaft seal over time, requiring a re-gas every 10 or so years, some sooner. If you don't need it re-gassed that frequently then you are doing very well indeed (a couple of guys on here are still on their original 20 year old gas charge, but that is unusual). That said I do think those DIY cans should be banned, I'm actually pretty amazed that they still sell them. But on the positive side, well done for fixing your aircon

First time back on the forum in a few days, seems the thread gathered some pace. Thanks phil1968 for confirming that the systems are not 100% and do require re-gassing, nice to know I'm not going insane!

Air con still going strong

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I got the condenser, but it is safe to use it the way it looks?
It seems that they intentionally sent it the way it looks, the original package damaged, the holes have been covered by tape. The Valeo package was inside of other protective huge package.