Recharge Freon

britdirk · Post by **britdirk** » 01 May 2007, 22:06

How easy (or safe) is it to recharge my freon? I heard that its really something you should only let a shop do.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 02 May 2007, 05:08

Very easy...shops will tell you only professionals- they want the money.

Post by **pfeener** » 02 May 2007, 07:42

A professional shop will (or should) do a more complete job, but if you're just down a little "Freon" (it's actually R134a when you go to buy it) you can add it yourself very easily and safely. There's a lot of write-ups on how to do it, in fact I just did one a few days ago. Do a search on this forum and also on volvospeed.com and you'll get all the info you need.

Post by **Maxbaby** » 03 May 2007, 21:10

I've been considering the following...

http://www.duracool.com/Duracool/acsolutions.html

Note the portable a/c kit that they talk about. It sounds like if there are some very minor leaks that this kit will seal up the system.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/chat/p ... hp?p=15669

Make sure to let us know if you try it...

Post by **matthew1** » 04 May 2007, 01:01

This might help:

MVS AC page