Gale Hawkins wrote:
First I would put in two $10 cans of R-134-a gas and see how long it will cool. If it does cool then I would run it at least one hour or take a short trip to a park, etc. Check the pressure after one can. I think the gauge fill adapter was about $17 at WM.
$1300 is not out of line but it is still a lot of money. I had one that needed two cans in the spring and one to top off about August. Not ideal but doing that for 10 years still was less than $1300.
I'd do the same thing. I've recharged several cars this way. Had a Miata that I had to do it about once a year but for less than $20 it would last a year or so.
On my Workhorse chassis it cost me about $1,100 to have the pump and condenser changed out about 5 years ago so $1,300 doesn't sound too bad to me.
