Air Conditioning Leeds

Use your Air Conditioning

Maintaining your air conditioning system is essential, not only for the personal comfort of the driver and passengers but for your health too. Air Conditioning units, especially in older vehicles are subject to spreading bacteria as this builds up in the vents, so it is essential to ensure your air-con is working safely and cleanly.

What can go wrong?

Many customers do not use their air conditioning during the winter months, unfortunately this can cause the internal seals to dry out and result in leaks. We encourage our customers to use their air conditioning throughout the year for demisting their windows; most air conditioning systems will work even when the heater's on, and come the summer the air conditioning unit has not suffered the common fault of seals drying out.

Turning off air conditioning systems in the winter months. Leaves condensation in the pipe work.

This, combined with heat from the engine, provides an ideal breeding ground for Bacteria and mould spores.

Besides the unpleasant smells, this can result in sore throats and allergic reactions. Also, in the winter months windows tend to mist up if the filter is blocked, as the warm air stream cannot circulate properly.

Pollen Filters

A blocked pollen filter will further aggravate allergies and asthma. Other dangers include carbon particulates, exhaust emissions, industrial dust and fungal spores which settle in the air passages of a over long period of time.

A new pollen filter can ensure:

• Optimal protection from dust, pollen and harmful exhaust emissions.
• Good quality filtered air.
• Windscreens don't mist up in autumn and winter.

Leak Detection.

Traditional methods of system leak detection used refrigerant and a refrigerant detector. F-Gas regulations state that this now is now an illegal practice. Other methods such as Nitrogen testing just give audible warnings only. Nitrogen cannot be detected using a leak detector as the atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen.
Nitrogen testing relies on the person testing, to listen for the escaping gas, this makes small leaks very hard to find. Adding ultraviolet dyes to a new refrigerant charge is not always a cost effective solution, waiting for a leak to emerge and dye to be detected may take up to a few days. Inevitably there is a loss of refrigerant gas into the atmosphere, this is also illegal practice. We have invested in a revolutionary leak detection system fully compliant with the latest F-gas air conditioning regulations, this allows us to add a special blend of gas which is highly detectable with the tools detector, we can assure you that if you have a slight leak this product will find it.

Why choose AutoCare Centre?

When it comes to looking after your car, there's only one choice, AutoCare Centre. All our work is carried out by fully qualified factory trained ATA Registered Technicians using the latest state-of-the-art equipment. Along with standard repairs we also offer pipe and hose repairs. Many of these repairs are often carried out without removing the existing pipe work, saving customers hundreds of pounds in labour charges. You can be sure of the best possible service. And that's not all. We don't just look after your car, we also look after your pocket too.       

What can you do?

The important thing to remember is that while air conditioning systems are low maintenance, they are not maintenance free. Have the air conditioning system regularly serviced by trained technicians to maintain it's effectiveness. You should also have the pollen filter checked to ensure that it is not blocked.