Air conditioning servicing and regassing, plus ECU remapping if you want a sharper drive out of the engine you already have.
Both jobs are priced on the vehicle, and you get the figure before booking.
Air con servicing depends on which refrigerant your vehicle uses, and the two types are not interchangeable or similarly priced. Tell us the make, model and year and we will confirm which system you have and what a service costs. If the system has a leak, regassing it is money down the drain, so we check for that first and tell you what we find.
Remapping is priced by vehicle and engine. Before anything is written to the ECU we will have a straight conversation about what it will and will not achieve on your particular engine. If a remap is not going to give you what you are after, we will tell you that rather than take the booking.
One job you should do every couple of years, and one you should think about first.
Air conditioning loses refrigerant slowly even when nothing is wrong with it, which is why systems that have never been serviced usually blow cool rather than cold. A service evacuates what is left, checks the system holds pressure, recharges it to the correct weight and tests the output at the vents. It also keeps the seals and the compressor lubricated, and a seized compressor is a far larger bill than a regas.
The other reason to use it year round is demisting. Air con dries the air, so it clears a fogged windscreen much faster than heat alone on a wet Herefordshire morning. If yours has stopped working entirely, that is usually a leak or an electrical fault rather than simply low gas, and we will find out which before quoting.
Remapping is a different sort of job and deserves a proper conversation. Adjusting the engine management can genuinely improve drivability, particularly mid-range pull on a turbo diesel, and can help economy if your driving changes to suit. But it is not free of consequences: it can affect a manufacturer warranty and it is a modification your insurer needs telling about. We would rather explain all of that up front than have you find out later.
Make, model and year tells us which refrigerant your air con uses.
No point putting gas into a system that will empty itself again.
System evacuated, checked, recharged and tested for output.
What it will do on your engine, and what it means for warranty and insurance.
Every couple of years is a sensible interval, because the system loses a little refrigerant each year even when it is healthy. If yours is blowing cool rather than cold, it is already due.
Because if the system has a leak, new gas will escape the same way the old gas did and you will have paid for nothing. Checking first tells us whether a regas is worth doing or whether something needs repairing.
Yes. It dries the air, so it clears a misted windscreen much faster than heat on its own, and running the system occasionally keeps the seals and compressor from drying out.
It can, particularly on a turbo diesel where mid-range pull improves and you end up using less throttle. But it depends on the engine and on how you drive. We will give you a realistic view of your vehicle rather than a sales pitch.
It can affect a manufacturer warranty, and it is a modification you must declare to your insurer. We will go through all of that with you before anything is written to the ECU, so there are no surprises later.