Automotive Air Conditioning Information Forum

Hi everyone,

I worked on a Land Rover Defender today which had the quite rare AC fitted. I've been doing A/C for 10 years and never come across this problem before.

I refilled it with R134a gas - vacuumed it and refilled through the low side. The car takes 700gms + or - 50gms

As the amount of gas ...

As Hecat just documented above, they want to run 134a out of existence.

They can't run it out of existence when it is still so commonplace though. There are plenty of vehicles which are only a few years old using it and what are we supposed to use when the condenser fails and needs replacing ...

One of my trade contacts just called me (a local motor factor here in the UK). They are offering a 12kg bottle for £288 Sterling ($401 USD) as it is about to go up by 40% - so that would be £403 ($561 USD)

This is getting ridiculous, the price increases are punitive. Last autumn I bought the same ...

Hi guys,

I've run an automotive A/C business in the UK for several years.

In 2016 I was buying a 12kg bottle of R134a for £60. Last year it varied from £72 to £96.

I called around for quotes recently and it looks like a bottle will be £331 this year which is a massive price hike in the space of a ...