[Supras] Air conditioner problem

[Peter]

Ive heard that remove the dash horror story a million times.
I did it myself on the supra and was amazed how easy it was to reach. You 
only have to remove the glove compartment. Its like a 1/2 hour job to reach 
the evaporator and expansion valve. Not very hard to do. Mine had obvious 
signs of leakage and corrosion built up over the years.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAMES" <bogunter at mindspring.com>
To: <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:43 PM
Subject: [Supras] Air conditioner problem


>  For the last two summers I have had my 89T charged with FREEZE 12. I 
> drive it daily but if there was a cool spell
> like in the fall and I went a couple of days with out using it, It would 
> quit blowing cold.
>  So last week I took it back to my toyota dealer and they said that this 
> time they would put in a dye and
> charge it back up and when it leaked out this time, they would find it.
> They called me at lunch time and said that they found a leak as soon as 
> they started charging it up.
> They replaced an o-ring and said that if "I am lucky, maybe that's the 
> only leak that it has".
> I picked up the car at 5:30p.m. after paying $152.00. As soon as I left 
> the parking lot, I noticed that it was blowing
> hot air. They were closing but I called the service dept and told 
> them.They said that it was blowing cold when they
> finished it around 1:00p.m This was on friday afternoon. They told me to 
> bring it back monday morning.
> I took it back monday morning and they have had it for a week. They said 
> that they can not find any leak in the
> front of the car. They said that it must be leaking under the dash and if 
> they remove the dash to try to find it,it could
> cost up to & $600.00 and they would not guarantee it. They said that if I 
> wanted them to do this, they would apply the
> $152.00 toward the cost of doing this and if I don't have it done I would 
> lose my $152.00.
>   To me I think  I am getting @#*!ed. They have always done my service 
> work and I have always been pleased
>  with their work. I know air conditioner work can be a pain.
>    What I wanting to know from you guys is: Are they a certain thing that 
> is common to go bad? A certain part that may not
>  require removing the dash. Or maybe access it by removing the glovebox? I 
> read on here a few weeks ago,
>  to add oil when you charge it up, could this help? Could I maybe convert 
> it over to R134A and add the kind that has stop
> leak in it?
>   The dealer said that they did not have a service manual on this old of a 
> car.
>  I love my Supra, but I need cold air.  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>                  Thanks,
>                              James
>
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