Monday, July 23, 2012

A/C Pro recharge kit: a DIY fix for aging car air conditioners




The A/C Pro system comes with everything you need to recharge your car's air conditioner.


(Credit: Antuan Goodwin/CNET)

There's a lot of snake oil and questionable products lining the shelves of the average auto parts store. From octane booster to VTEC fluid (ha!), it's hard to separate the genuinely useful products from the chaff. So when A/C Pro sent me a few canisters of its do-it-yourself air conditioning recharge system, I was a bit skeptical.


The idea is that most aging car air conditioning systems that don't blow as cold as they should suffer only from low levels of refrigerant. A/C Pro works by allowing the user to plug a can into their car's air conditioner and simply refill the system with R-134a refrigerant and the necessary lubricants needed to rejuvenate aging seals and moving parts.


I've laid out detailed instructions for using the A/C Pro product in the gallery below. Check it out for photos and a full walkthrough.


Testing the A/C Pro DIY air conditioner repair kit (pictures)


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