does anyone know how to do ac refill ?, need help to do a refill as im hopping doing it myself to sv ave cash Options

[Tuga2112]

Hi Everyone.

firat of all, im a new member so if theres a guide for this already dont flame, im just not good with the search tool

i got a 6gen celica a few years ago and finally got it on the road a year ago. i have been a fairly frequent reader of the forum for "how to" guides in a few things.

unfortunately now i am unable to find what im looking for so i decided to finally join in to ask.
im planning to do a loong trip this year to the south, so i turned on the key and decided to check if the AC works.... well it doesnt. after a bit of research i found out the most likely reason why it doesnt work its because it needs a refill (its been at least 6 years since the last refill if not longer)

my local garage does it for 55 quid, i found a couple of videos on youtube that made it seem extremely easy to do the job myself but i dont know if its that simple for a 15 year old car....

so if you know anything that can help me just leave a reply and hopefully ill get the AC ready for the trip at a discount price

Cheers

[trdproven]

not sure if you need a refil yet, you need to check if it has leaks first. If you don't know much about the car, do a quick refill, stores sell these with the refill hose. Find out if it leaks all out, if it does, you have to find out where its leaking, it could even be a stuck exp. valve. Look at the peek glass on the drier, if its bubbling pretty good, theres a leak, it should be constant.

its hard to explain, but if you could do the first step first, you can get an idea which direction to take. I mean some people even choose to keep refilling at 10.00 every few months because the leak is slow vs paying a shop to get it fixed at 500.00 or more depending on the problem so imagine refilling at 1 to 3 times a year is only around 30 bucks. its a preference at that point.