I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your cars system..
Has anyone used these and are they any good? Do they work? How do you use them?
I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has stopped working.
Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.
Cheers PJ
I've used a similar thing in the USA. The problem is that it doesn't actually address *why* the air con has stopped in the first place. 9 1/2 times out of 10 it is because the system hasn't been run on regular basis and the oil seals have perished, allowing the gas to escape. The recharge kit will make the system run for a bit but, depending on how bad the leaks are, it will fail again over the subsequent few months.
In the USA, you can buy "reconditioner" and leak sealer which is supposed to help address this problem, but I've never seen them here and I've no idea how well they work.
Thanks for the info. How easy was this to use?
I'm wondering whether to give this a try. For 20-30 pounds, if it gets the air con working for the summer it may be an alternative to 100 for a proper service (which might not last much longer anyway).
Can be found for £50 to £60 for a vac, leak test, dye and oil added and the correct amount of gas (Won't work correcly with too much or too little gas)
The kit I bought in the USA has an adapter pipe that went on the can and the fill contector on the car system. It included a tap and a pressure gauage. On my Volvo, there is a quick release connector just behind the HL. It was just a case to connecting the adapter pipe, screwing the can of refidgant into the adapter and Robert's was your mother's live in lover :-) Of course, YMMV!!
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