Air con leaking

[technophobe]

Tried to have the aircon refilled yesterday but the garage test showed that the system is leaking.
I looked at lots of aircon posts but cannot find anything that might help. Anyone got any suggestions about what to look for?

[Gripped]

Ideally the garage should put UV dye in the system to show up the leak... then replace the bit with the hole in or replace the seals.

I had mine regassed this week and they put the dye in incase there was as leak.

[missfixit70]

Came up a few days ago, a few people have used the stuff from Halfords that has leak sealer in http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... n&start=30 I'd suspect your seals are dry as I seem to remember you saying you never used it?

[mikexgough]

I still have a gauge and 1/2 can EZ-chill...... happy for you to use it.... I am away as of Saturday Morning for the week but I am traveling North one day on the week commencing 7th June....... I could call by on my way back home...and spend 10 minutes trying it out if you want.....

[technophobe]

Thanks for the info, and the offer Mike. I just wanted to see if anyone could identify a particular weakness. I'm very satisfied with BCI in Melton who reported this when servicing earlier in the week. I've booked it in on June 8th for a full investigation at the same time as they are going to waxoil and underseal which will be done overnight in their MOT bay. Incidentally I've been quoted 2 hours labour + materials for the undersealing which I think is pretty good.

[Alacrity]

We have a gas sniffer at work that you wave over all the pipework etc. & it beeps if it finds a leak, I would have thought aircon specialists (which I certainly am NOT!) would have something similar. Unless it is old hat now of course, as I say I'm no expert.

Some of my work colleagues have great fun with it sniffing other forms of, shall we say, less desirable, postern gases!