anyone ever bought a can of 134a A/C and charged their own?
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anyone ever bought a can of 134a A/C and charged their own?
hi guys, i have a 2001 cl55 and wanted to grab a can of 134a from the auto store and charge it into the A/C. Was wondering if anyone has done this and ho did it go? thanx, ryan
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Hardest part is literally locating the low side port... which means that if you have eyes you can probably do this.
On my w208 it's pretty obvious on the driver side (black plastic cap on metal tube)... I would suggest that you figure out first if you indeed NEED a recharge and most importantly why. If you don't need it, you will probably do more harm than good, and if you do need it is probably because of a leak somewhere.
Did you run the AC diag and make sure you were low in refrigerant?
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thanx for the reply, i suspect that i may have a leak, but just wanted to see if it will hold or not as i just bought the car used and the system has gone into the EC mode as it does when it is out of 134, my warranty doesnt kick in for 30days, so i thought in the meantime, id give it a shot on the cheap and see if it holds, what do you think?
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thanx for the reply, i suspect that i may have a leak, but just wanted to see if it will hold or not as i just bought the car used and the system has gone into the EC mode as it does when it is out of 134, my warranty doesnt kick in for 30days, so i thought in the meantime, id give it a shot on the cheap and see if it holds, what do you think?
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If you run the AC diag it will tell you exactly how much gas you have, then you can decide whether or not to try and find the leak. At least you know if it's that, or a bad sensor or what...
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thanx for the reply, i suspect that i may have a leak, but just wanted to see if it will hold or not as i just bought the car used and the system has gone into the EC mode as it does when it is out of 134, my warranty doesnt kick in for 30days, so i thought in the meantime, id give it a shot on the cheap and see if it holds, what do you think?
