Air con. servicing

[helen&tony]

hi
How often does the aircon. need servicing? I had it oiled/ gassed last year...working fine, but I wondered about servicing again this yesr.
The only thing about the Bongo, is that , whilst it has 4 speeds, none of them are that powerful.
Cheers
Helen

[francophile1947]

Hi Helen
When I worked at a motor dealership, there was no scheduled service for the aircon - if it was working, you left it alone.

[missfixit70]

Check the fan, be worth whipping it out, stripping cleaning & lubing (& the fan motor), mine blasts out now

[helen&tony]

Hi
Ta Franco....I had a feeling in the back of my mind that as the aircon system can lose a fair percentage of gas/oil under normal circumstances, it might be necessary to have some kind of schedule in mind.....but I think, like you say, I'll leave it a while
Kirsty...probably a good idea...the overflow never lets water on it, as I have the official Mazda bit of wire coathanger, and it gets regular clearing, but the motor could be stuffed with grongle, and need some tlc.
Cheers
Helen

[David Edwards]

The moral is the old story, " If it aint broke, don't fix it" lol.

[helen&tony]

Hi David
My father always said that....but I still might tinker with the fan motor....Tony says it has always been this slow,,,,but I think all the speeds have dropped off....I'll think carefully
Cheers
Helen

[Aitami]

My air conditioner wasn't working when I bought my Bongo, and I went to have the gas refilled. (£59 ) and they asked me about servicing my air conditioner, they couldn't tell me how often does it needs being done, and after opening my bonnet and taking 5 minutes to find what was the air conditoner they told me that servicing it will be very expensive, because it has rear and front air conditioner and it will take a lot of time.

Obviusly that was the first Bongo they had seen, but they told me that if you refill the gas and it works then everything should be fine.

[helen&tony]

Hi Aitami
That's OK then....but don't forget they lose gas....just have it refilled when it loses efficiency...
Cheers
Helen

[francophile1947]

Also remember to use your aircon for a few minutes on a regular basis - this stops the seals drying out and the gas escaping.

[helen&tony]

Hi Franco
Ah, yes...but how about that problem if you use the car , say, once or twice a month....I'm now running a car to save Bongo pothole mileage!!...maybe a max. 400Km. a month on 3 trips...how does that affect it?
Cheers
Helen

[francophile1947]

Just use the aircon every time you use the Bongo (you probably need to in a Bulgarian summer anyway) - ideally it should be used once a week, but I don't use my Bongo every week either.

[helen&tony]

Hi Franco
You can't do without it in summer....we haven't got around to getting it in the house yet, but next year, maybe....
Cheers
Helen