Anyone know a good a/c specialist around s.f, s.s.f, daly city area? My a/c isn't blowing cold no more and I went to hammy without a/c!!! DAmn! Should of driven the sti.....

What prices am I looking to pay?

Heard it might be dangerous to try and recharge yourself? (anyone?)

 

bump, my day off. want to take care of it.

Daly city radiators, 120-160. sound about right? do it myself??? ahhh

 

What year is your car?

I just got mine fixed. Mine was a blown compressor and bad expansion valve... not cheap.

like ~$700 in parts + labor.

I guess the most common problem for failure on our cars is the expansion valve... made by GM. It's only like a $70 part, but install is a BIATCH.

It's probably the expansion valve...

 

2002 wrx. wow 700+ dollars? holy. i dont think i want to spend that. live with no a.c?
oh god.

 

Yeah, mine went out about a month and a half ago... right at the start of the 90+ then 100+ degree weather. No a/c is not an option.

Like I said, it's most likely just the expansion valve so $70 + labor which will probably be a couple of hours @ ~$100/hr. + recharge. So... $300-$400 maybe.

One of the shops up here said that something like 4 out of the last 5 a/c's that dumped that he's seen on our cars has been the expansion valve.

Hope that helps. :\

 

winston you got a sti too? Yeah I was also need to get my a/c fixed, going up n down mt hammy with hot air blowing sucks ***

 

hot hot hot freakin air was no good. I had to strip while driving. lol.
Sti is bone stock and i wanted to show off the rex. No good since there was 100+ gorgeous subbies that day!!

Anyone recommend a cheap or well known place that knoes how to recharge/diagnose subbies?

 

Recharge is not hard; just make sure you have the pressure gauge inline. I just did it for my Protégé this weekend and it went fine.
I've been living without AC in my 00RS for a while now and it's really bugging' me... I don't know of any AC specialist and I've tried recharging the r134a and still nothing. A shop did it btw, so I know it's not the refrigerant. BTW, it should run for $60-$70 for the recharge.

I spoke with my friend Johnny, whom used to be the head of Subaru tech down at Santa Cruz Subaru. I told him my problem and he advised me to check the pressure switch and the expansion valve. I think I just need to find a good shop to take care of this…

 

Just got off the phone with Ronnie (Johnny's brother) at Santa Cruz Subaru. He said there is a good chance the revolution sensor on the compressor is bad and might need to replace the entire compressor. but without looking at it, it's hard to say. Also, older models like mine (00RS) might not even have the sensor. I looked at the service manual for my car and I don't see such sensor, only a Compressor Saving Sensor. He said most of the Subaru AC problems he has seen at Santa Cruz Subaru were due to leak. He suggested me to discharge the system and recharge with r134a + UV dye.

btw, something like this should be good enough to recharge your system.
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...tnumber=MAC134

 

I'm probably thinkin the compressor is bad but will buy the diy recharge kit just to see. Thanks for the help guys, but if you can recommend a shop. thanks be helpful,.

 

I also want to if there is a recommended shop around the san jose area
Thanks

 

i've been living without operating AC in my Impreza for 3 years, and you dont hear me crying...





until i got to Hammy....






i got a 94, i hope its just the recharge

 

YUp hammy got me crying like a baby.

 

Chelsea, my gf Jane, and myself were crying from UCKK all the way up, and all the way back.




















less them, more so me......