Air con re-gas

[supson]

All

I need a re-gas on my air con system as it all leaked out whilst in winter storage. However, the chap who came to do it said that it can only be filled up with a gas that has now been banned (CFCs I guess), and that the air con system would need a conversion to the new type of gas. Has anybody heard of this before? It sounds expensive.

Thanks in advance
Steve

[robedwards99]

I got mine refilled no problem.... bloody empty again now though!

[ozzyvelcro]

Refilled mine with R413a which is a replacement for r12 that older fd\'s.

Cheers Danny

[RemarkLima]

I beleive older cars (r12) had a different nossle, the standard now is r13a I htink which has a differnet filler nossle... It\'ll cost some money (havn\'t a clue how much) to get it converted but some of the labour is done if it\'s empty