Out in the Z today, all of a sudden I hear a hissing sound then the air from the aircon gets quite warm. Turns out I have a leak somewhere I took the Z to an aircon "specialist", who tell me I have a leak, but cannot trace it because the pipe is down the side of the engine. In the process they remove the intake/boost pipes from the passenger side to try to locate the leak.

To compound things, they never replaced the one leading to the throttle body properly, so I had no boost driving home while I had the pipe off I cleaned the throttle bodies, temp sensor, TPS etc- now the Z runs like new

Anyway, I digress- does anyone know a place competent enough to sort my aircon in the North West?

Cheerz

Dave

 

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Steve in Ellesmere Port - 0151 357 3731 can probably do it, but may not want the work.

Prestige and Performance in St Helens. Ask for Kevin. They do work on quite a few Z'z and also worked on my Lotus Carlton's air con. Did a good job but not cheap.

Dave, it sounds like the pressure relief valve has 'popped off' - I'll try and find where it is on the car so you can point them in the right direction

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Dave, the pressure relief valve is situated on the feed line from the compressor to the condensor. It is right next to the compressor

 

Check this page out:-

http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=ha&dir=&config=&refresh=&slide=39&cycle=off&scale=0&design=default&total=168

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Cheerz Andy,

is there nothing you don't know about Z's

Dave

 

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That is some spot on help Andy, respect when due mate

 

 

I was gonna get mine refilled soon and found this place. http://www.airconco.net

 

Dont know if they can help.

 

Anyways if any one is intersted I was quoted £68+VAT for a refill which includes safely removing the gas in now and replacing it with RS-24.

Here are the details of what they check for too.

http://www.airconco.net/car_air_con.htm

 

 

Stuart

Hehehe I went there last year Stuart. I can vouch for the fact that they know what they are doing and provide a friendly and quick service.

 

Anfortunately though I decided to test the AC when it was 34 deg outside, with the car stationary. Basically they had told me that the electric fan wasn't coming on at the correct time to cool the aircon rad down - I thought I knew better.... Well I didn't and lost £75 worth of gas due to the pressure increasing too high and blowing the pressure relief valve off... So 3 days later I have dumped all those lovely fresh gases into the atmosphere for the wildlife to get high on... Was pissed off at the time but now just think its funny

 

Stories of the good times eh....

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Just as follow-up.

My local Nelson (Reynolds Southport) have quoted me £50.00 for a recharge- not bad at all

Dave

 

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