Car air-conditioning systems are often overlooked for servicing and maintenance checks until they stop working. A properly working air-conditioner is vital to keeping your car comfortable all year round. Once they have stopped working, they can become quite costly to repair.
Preventative maintenance is the best cure and current recommendations say that at least once every 4 years you should have your car’s air-conditioning serviced and checked.
During scheduled or regular car services, your car’s air-conditioning system will be checked for obvious faults, such as drive belt tension, visible signs of refrigerant leaks and/or any damage to components of the air-conditioning system. A regular full air-conditioning service will ensure your car’s air-conditioning system is working efficiently and safely.
How do you clear a foggy windscreen? With your Car’s air-conditioner of course. Hot days in Summer are only part of what your car’s air-conditioning system is used for, it can also be used to assist in removing humidity from inside the car at any time of the year. Regular running of your air-conditioning system during winter also helps to maintain the system in good working order.
Pit Lane Automotive Services is an ARC licensed business with licensed technicians who are qualified to handle the fluorocarbon-based refrigerant, R134A, in your car’s air-conditioning system and to service and/or repair your car’s air-conditioning system. There are businesses in the market place offering cheap car air conditioning services but are using an LPG based refrigerant which can be dangerous and detrimental to the operation and life of your vehicle’s air- conditioning components.
Your car’s air conditioner can be a little more complicated than you might think. When it’s not working efficiently, it’s probably losing refrigerant and it won’t only be the temperature in your car that will be rising. If components in your car’s air conditioning fail due to lack of refrigerant, the cost of repair may increase dramatically too.
Pit Lane Automotive Services offers Car Air Conditioning Servicing, diagnosis and maintenance and repairs to your car’s air conditioning.
Book your Car’s Air-Conditioning Service or health check today.
Fluorocarbon refrigerant is a greenhouse gas, which if leaking into the atmosphere, will contribute to global warming, making the environment uncomfortable for everyone. Simply topping up a leaking air conditioner with fluorocarbon refrigerant is illegal and will harm the environment by continuing to leak refrigerant into the atmosphere.
Pit Lane recovers used and contaminated refrigerant in a special recovery cylinder which is then returned to the relevant collection centre for destruction as per the Refrigerant Reclaim Australia guidelines. Pit Lane Automotive actively supports responsible collection and destruction of environmentally harmful gases. Read More…
