Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 14:48
Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing - Captain Slow

My garage recharged my aircon system for £70. They said it would take a few days to work through. Nothing changed so I took it back. They then said it had a leaking pipe and the air compressor wasn't working. They said thye couldnt have know these faults existed at the time they recharged the gas. Is this correct or should they have spotted these faults at the time they were recharging? I am now £70 out of pocket and been quoted £1300 to repair it all. Has anyone else experienced this? Are they right or am I being conned?

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 14:59
Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing - Falkirk Bairn

>> They said it would take a few days to work through.

Wrong - recharged system works right away and they should check by putting thermometer in the vents.

If getting a new compressor see an AC Specialist - 3rd party compressor can be 1/3 to 1/2 Nissan part cost.

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 17:58
Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing - injection doc

This sounds like an incompetent garage !

did they recover any gas ? if it was empty BY LAW THEY MUST FILL WITH NITREOGEN GAs first and leak test ! did they do this ? do they hold an F gas certificate ?

did they cause the compressor to fail by incorrect fill, if they dont follow guidlines and allow gas to bubble off, a compressor can get flooded on start up after re-gas and kill the compressor !

if it had a leaking pipe they should of known on the nitreogen test ! and when re-gassed they should of checked the running pressures instanly and would of known if the compresor was working. The low side prssure would have dropped on start up from 5-7bar to around 2 bar at idle. They havent got a clue !

once refilled with gas it needs to be run with the gauges on to make sure the pressures are correct and the condensor fan works.

Ask them what the pressures would be approximatley ! they dont need to look it up, 25-35psi low side 180-220ish high side running, if they stutter they havent got a clue.

FB is 100% correct, air con re-charged system cold instantly. doesnt take a few days to get rounds they are talking utter piffle.

Also when they vacumed the system if it didnt pull to -30hg then it had a leak however small, tni leaks will cause it to driop back to -25/28 ish !

me thinks its simple they havent got a clue but are keen to take your dosh ! go get your money back.

Edited by injection doc on 15/08/2012 at 18:03

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Wed 15 Aug 2012 18:47
Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing - madf

Bunch of thieving lying incompetents.

Go to an aircon specialist.. (which is what they will do seeing as how they had no clue first time when they lied)

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Sun 19 Aug 2012 14:41
Nissan X-Trail - Aircon Testing - injection doc

so has captain slow had a refund yet ? from a bunch of thieving inexperinced ripp of merchants

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