Your car air conditioning system loses up to 20% of its refrigerant every year. This can be caused by not using your A/C system. A poorly performing car air conditioning system can cause a build up of bacteria and other microbes growing inside the evaporator core causing a smell, sometimes an allergic reaction.
You should have your car air con system serviced every 18 months – it will state this in your car manufacturers service guide, if possible try to use your air conditioning system once or twice a week, even in the winter this will help stem the loss of A/C gas.
“Remember, don’t use it – you lose it!”
Initial system test
- Check system components such as hoses, belts, condenser, compressor, fans, electrics etc
- Check internal system controls, flaps, heating etc
- Recover any existing refrigerant from the system
- Sanitize A/C system
- Regas (recharge) A/C system with refrigerant to vehicle specific levels
- Add A/C oil and leak detection dye
- Leak test components
- Full post re-gas system test
- Update service records