Air con on citroen x7 59reg

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Mobey
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Air con on citroen x7 59reg

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HI

I went to halford the otherday to have a free air con check and they put abit of the aircon gas in as it was completly empty. They said there must be a leak as the gas went straight away. I have checked the pipes to any leaks but i cannot find any visable holes etc.

Any ideas on were to look or do?

Thanks
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moizeau
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Re: Air con on citroen x7 59reg

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It's normally the condenser rad in front of the normal rad. Ideally you need to get some UV dye injected in then with a uv lamp and specs you should see the trace.
They should have vacuumed the system first, if the leak is large enough it won't empty.
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Re: Air con on citroen x7 59reg

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I do not go to Kwik Fit for anything these days except the AirCon regass since my local indie A/C guy retired.
Kwik Fit do a no charge ( I think ? ) if they cannot get it working correctly ( regass ).
They will Vacuum the system as Pete says above and pressure test and if memory serves me correct they will put a dye into the system to identify leaks, worth a try....

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Re: Air con on citroen x7 59reg

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It could also be one of the flexi pipes to the compressor as these were known to fail early on, but as Moizeau says - the condenser is most likely.