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95 Toy Corolla

Blows air, does not cool.

3 weeks ago


I do not have to do it personally. But can it be repaired?

I was told you can not recharge freon anymore. Against environmental rules or something.

A '95 model will have the new refrigerant, R 134A. Yes it may be repaired. Just take it to a shop and get an estimate. Then take it to another shop and do the same. May seem a waste, untill you compare estimates. Then tell each shop what the other man says, may get a bidding war going and save a buck..

It may just need some freon

Possibly, but it's best to take the car in to a qualified fix shop. You have a leak in the system and the leak needs to be fixed before you add any more freon. That could be the correct way to do it.

you can get recharge kits at auto parts stores.

No. You don't have the training to do it right. you have to have a leak.
You have to find and fix it. Then you have to have a vacuum pump on the system for 30 minutes. The you may be able to charge the system with the exact amount of refrigerant.
Do it your self kits are available, but you'll over charge it or under charge it and introduce air into the system. You don't want any air. that's why you need a vacuum pump.
Plus there may be other problems with it that only training will assist you find.
Only qualified people should be working on AC as the label under the hood says.

Yeah run by the parts place and pick up a couple of cans of R134a and put one can in the big pipe I thank that the hose and Freon will only fit that one put one can in and see if it feels better, If not real cool put the other one in but no more if that do not get it cool see your mechanic you may have a leak. hope this helps

Yes, it may need freon. but, there can be a leak in the system or a flawed part. If you do have a leak, it wont seem right to pay your money refilling it yourself. Have a local shop someone you may be able to trust look at it. They spray a dye in the system and check for leaks with a black light. you may be able to see for yourself where the leak is. if there's one . Best of luck to you.

You can totally get it fixed. Your car was built right around the time R twelve refrigerant, usually called Freon, has been phased out in favor of R 134a. I could bet your car has the newer R 134a, but don't take mine or anyone's word for it here. The two refrigerants aren't matched, and can not be interchanged without modifying your A/C system. In fact, the fittings are different, so you can not accidentally put the wrong refrigerant in unless you really attempt hard. R twelve is costly and hard to find, and can only be bought by qualified technicians. R 134a, on the other hand, is cheap and is available in any auto parts store. Before you do any work on your A/C system, you have to know totally which kind of refrigerant your car uses. If it's R 12, your best bet is to have the system retrofitted so you may be able to use R 134a. The next thing you have to do is to learn in leaks in your system. One way to find leaks is to put a dye in the refrigerant and see where it leaks using an ultraviolet light, and to find out in leaks at all, you have to connect a vacuum pump to the system to see if it holds a vacuum. If it does, no leaks. If not, there are leaks that have to be fixed before you recharge the system. Pulling vacuum on the system also dries out any moisture in the system, which could because corrosion if it weren't removed. The equipment required to properly service A/C systems is specific and costly and requires training, which is why most, if not all fix manuals don't have A/C service procedures. Servicing A/C systems may be dangerous, and with older R twelve systems, the refrigerant is regulated and considered an environmental hazard and must be reclaimed and stored rather than vented into the atmosphere. Your issues may go beyond just leaks, and may be a faulty compressor, expansion valve, receiver/drier, or any of some number of other parts. Unlike many systems on your car, the A/C system is best left to pros. you may be able to dump a cheap can of R 134a in to top off the system, or you may be able to purchase a do it yourself retrofit kit for your older car, but either way it can be a waste of money if there's a leak or a bad part. I had my 1985 LTD retrofitted, but it also needed a new compressor and receiver/drier. Total cost was about 600 bucks. More than the car was worth, but worth every penny.