I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your
cars system..

Has anyone used these and are they any good?
Do they work?
How do you use them?

I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has
stopped working.

Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to
much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.

Cheers PJ

pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your
> cars system..
> 
> Has anyone used these and are they any good?
> Do they work?
> How do you use them?
> 
> I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has
> stopped working.
> 
> Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to
> much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.
> 
> Cheers PJ
> 


I've used a similar thing in the USA. The problem is that it doesn't 
actually address *why* the air con has stopped in the first place. 9 1/2 
times out of 10 it is because the system hasn't been run on regular 
basis and the oil seals have perished, allowing the gas to escape. The 
recharge kit will make the system run for a bit but, depending on how 
bad the leaks are, it will fail again over the subsequent few months.

In the USA, you can buy "reconditioner" and leak sealer which is 
supposed to help address this problem, but I've never seen them here and 
I've no idea how well they work.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:09:51 GMT, Anon  wrote:


>pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your
>> cars system..
>> 
>> Has anyone used these and are they any good?
>> Do they work?
>> How do you use them?
>> 
>> I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has
>> stopped working.
>> 
>> Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to
>> much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.
>> 
>> Cheers PJ
>> 
>
>I've used a similar thing in the USA. The problem is that it doesn't 
>actually address *why* the air con has stopped in the first place. 9 1/2 
>times out of 10 it is because the system hasn't been run on regular 
>basis and the oil seals have perished, allowing the gas to escape. The 
>recharge kit will make the system run for a bit but, depending on how 
>bad the leaks are, it will fail again over the subsequent few months.
>
>In the USA, you can buy "reconditioner" and leak sealer which is 
>supposed to help address this problem, but I've never seen them here and 
>I've no idea how well they work.


Thanks for the info.
How easy was this to use?

I'm wondering whether to give this a try. For 20-30 pounds, if it gets
the air con working for the summer it may be an alternative to 100 for
a proper service (which might not last much longer anyway).

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> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:09:51 GMT, Anon  wrote:
>
> >pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >> I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your
> >> cars system..
> >>
> >> Has anyone used these and are they any good?
> >> Do they work?
> >> How do you use them?
> >>
> >> I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has
> >> stopped working.
> >>
> >> Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to
> >> much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.
> >>
> >> Cheers PJ
> >>
> >
> >I've used a similar thing in the USA. The problem is that it doesn't
> >actually address *why* the air con has stopped in the first place. 9 1/2
> >times out of 10 it is because the system hasn't been run on regular
> >basis and the oil seals have perished, allowing the gas to escape. The
> >recharge kit will make the system run for a bit but, depending on how
> >bad the leaks are, it will fail again over the subsequent few months.
> >
> >In the USA, you can buy "reconditioner" and leak sealer which is
> >supposed to help address this problem, but I've never seen them here and
> >I've no idea how well they work.
>
> Thanks for the info.
> How easy was this to use?
>
> I'm wondering whether to give this a try. For 20-30 pounds, if it gets
> the air con working for the summer it may be an alternative to 100 for
> a proper service (which might not last much longer anyway).
>



Can be found for 50 to 60 for a vac, leak test, dye and oil added and the
correct amount of gas (Won't work correcly with too much or too little gas)

pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:09:51 GMT, Anon  wrote:
> 
> 
>>pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>>I've seen 'Castrol EZ Fill' on sale on ebay so you can re-charge your
>>>cars system..
>>>
>>>Has anyone used these and are they any good?
>>>Do they work?
>>>How do you use them?
>>>
>>>I ask because the air-conditioning in my wifes Toyota Avensis has
>>>stopped working.
>>>
>>>Apologies if this has been discussed before. I tried Google but to
>>>much info about air con but nothing about this Castrol device.
>>>
>>>Cheers PJ
>>>
>>
>>I've used a similar thing in the USA. The problem is that it doesn't 
>>actually address *why* the air con has stopped in the first place. 9 1/2 
>>times out of 10 it is because the system hasn't been run on regular 
>>basis and the oil seals have perished, allowing the gas to escape. The 
>>recharge kit will make the system run for a bit but, depending on how 
>>bad the leaks are, it will fail again over the subsequent few months.
>>
>>In the USA, you can buy "reconditioner" and leak sealer which is 
>>supposed to help address this problem, but I've never seen them here and 
>>I've no idea how well they work.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> How easy was this to use?
> 
> I'm wondering whether to give this a try. For 20-30 pounds, if it gets
> the air con working for the summer it may be an alternative to 100 for
> a proper service (which might not last much longer anyway).
> 

The kit I bought in the USA has an adapter pipe that went on the can and 
the fill contector on the car system. It included a tap and a pressure 
gauage. On my Volvo, there is a quick release connector just behind the 
HL. It was just a case to connecting the adapter pipe, screwing the can 
of refidgant into the adapter and Robert's was your mother's live in 
lover :-) Of course, YMMV!!