jasper65 6 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Took the Navara to a garage to have the Air Con Re-Gased which has never worked since we owned it and it turns out the compresor is Knackered leaking Gas all over the place.... the annoying thing is the guy still charged me £40 telling me that he didn't realise there was a leak until he filled it with Gas! Ok they took over a hour to do it but is he right to still charge me for this? I moaned like f**k about it but he reckons he still needs to charge me for the gas and the time..... Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SportingShooter 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Kwik Fit by any chance Jasper? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Not this time mate! it was a local garage owned by a so called mate. been onto him today moaning again about it and he now reckons he'll fit a new condenser and not charge me any Labour, the thing is it still works out around £175 all in so I think I would just rather do without it........ Jasp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gsi2000stokie 5 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 go for a second hand one jasp. he is right to charge ye for it as ie labour/gas which is still cheap @ 40 buns iv known people charge anything upto £100. as for taking over an hour that takes the piss its a 15 minute job' if that! have a ganders on fleabay see if theres one being broke for spares. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SEAN3513 7 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 you havn't done so bad mate my mate has a hilux and the engine management light came on, he had it code read and they said his cat needed changing £675 quid + fitting and then slapped him with a bill for £115 just for reading and re-setting the ecu and it only took 5 mins !!!!!!!! cheers sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 kwik fit website states if they cant get it colder they wont charge . i just got a pajero , aircon hasnt been used for years , put a belt on it and was ice cold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fidgety 8 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 £40 was a bargain! You cant diagnose a leak until you pressure it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 kwik fit website states if they cant get it colder they wont charge . i just got a pajero , aircon hasnt been used for years , put a belt on it and was ice cold I had the choice to either go to this lad and pay £40 or take it to the local Kwik Fit! seems now I probably should have decided on the Kwik Fit. By all accounts they pressure test the system first before applying the gas? this lad just banged the gas in which by all accounts takes him a hour, it then turned out it had a leak and still charged me £40! I suppose he had to charge me something but boy did I felt a bit lighter in the pocket with nothing to show for it...... Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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