When I first bought my STS in May, it was saying "very low refridgerant" so the guy took it and had some freon put in it. I overheard him telling the mechanic to "only put ten dollars..." something-something etc. Yeah it was sketchy but I wanted the damn car.
Anyways, now it has run out, the a/c was not getting very cool and finally the other day the very low refridgerant message came up again.
It's 100-150 dollars to have a place recharge the A/C, but auto places sell kits to do it yourself where it seems like you basically attach an apparatus and screw on a can of r134a and it sucks it out automatically, thus recharging your a/c.
Can I do this? Is it a bad idea? Thoughts and suggestions please?
Also, is the freon/r134a definitely leaking from somewhere, or could it be that it was just so little it kind of got "used up" ? if it is leaking, where could it be coming from? any ideas of what may be involved to repair it?
thanks!!
Anyways, now it has run out, the a/c was not getting very cool and finally the other day the very low refridgerant message came up again.
It's 100-150 dollars to have a place recharge the A/C, but auto places sell kits to do it yourself where it seems like you basically attach an apparatus and screw on a can of r134a and it sucks it out automatically, thus recharging your a/c.
Can I do this? Is it a bad idea? Thoughts and suggestions please?
Also, is the freon/r134a definitely leaking from somewhere, or could it be that it was just so little it kind of got "used up" ? if it is leaking, where could it be coming from? any ideas of what may be involved to repair it?
thanks!!