Aircon Repair: Mario Reyes

[johnart]

Yes, may nakaharang nga na White adventure yesterday. Dinayo pa talaga si MM since she lives very far daw..

2001 model pa yung Opel Zafira. Mukha lang bago. Ngayon pangit na since sobrang grasa and ang dumi na since nag overnight na doon. Baka nga umabot pa ako sa monday since di pa natatapos gawin.

may 2003 CRV nga daw before me, durog na kaagad ang compressor. 33t daw inabot ang palit.

Yup she's my friend , she lives in Sta. Ana. Told her to go there because the casa was going to charge her P21K to replace the cooling coil, 2 expansion valve, reciever drier and labor. But she was able to tawad to P15K all i all without receipt. But still to expensive. Kay Mang Mario P6,500 cooling coil at freon lang and kailangan. Talagang happy sila ngayon 3 linggo walang aircon sila. KUDOS to Mang Mario

[edl100]

Yup she's my friend , she lives in Sta. Ana. Told her to go there because the casa was going to charge her P21K to replace the cooling coil, 2 expansion valve, reciever drier and labor. But she was able to tawad to P15K all i all without receipt. But still to expensive. Kay Mang Mario P6,500 cooling coil at freon lang and kailangan. Talagang happy sila ngayon 3 linggo walang aircon sila. KUDOS to Mang Mario

Ohh. that's good news to your friend. She seem very nice. She has this MALACANANG ID. since naghahatid daw sya sa St. Jude.

Anyway, in my case, di successful ang trabaho ni MM. This is my car's 3rd day there and still, di pa rin magawa ng mabuti.

[guguly]

Anyway, in my case, di successful ang trabaho ni MM. This is my car's 3rd day there and still, di pa rin magawa ng mabuti.

hi edl100! how's your opel aircon?naging problem ba yung conversion or something wrong/defective lang with the parts installed? update ka naman sa opel forum natin if its okay with you. im sure many opel owners would like to know if okay talaga i-convert na lang ang compressor to a much cheaper brand kasi sobrang mahal original/replacement compressor opel.

[edl100]

Hi guguly.

Ok I'll post it there on our long OPEL Club thread.

BTW. Got the car already. It turns out, kulang lang pala sa freon since the valve where you place the freon hoses has a leak. It was fixed already.

It has a transplanted compressor since the OEM Denso brand cost P28,000. The conversion cost me a total of P7,700 including:

1) SURPLUS COMPRESSOR (DENSO)
2) Conversion bracket
3) OEM Brand new drier (BEHR)
4) OEM Brand new expansion valve (BEHR)
5) Freon charge
6) Fittings etc....
7) rear aircon cleaning

The only thing they did not do is to clean the evaporator since I do not want them to remove the entire dashboard. It is too messy and they might mess the electronics of the car.

[OTEP]

I hope its the end of your a/c problems.

[edl100]

OTEP: Does a car consume more gasoline if the dual aircon is used? Or if you turn on the aircon at a stronger speed??

I have the notion that I have to use the aircon at lowest setting (1) and never to turn on the rear aircon as to save gas...

What do you think?

Thanks

[edl100]

I hope its the end of your a/c problems.

I hope so. Thanks. Its only been a day and I hope the compressor last.

MM is quite familiar with almost all cars including OPELS so that is good news to me. but this is the first time he handled a ZAFIRA which has an entirely different system with a Vectra or an Astra.

[OTEP]

I just turn them both on (setting 1 lang sa likod) to allow lubricant circulation in both systems. Kung sa consumption, malamang hindi naman ganun ka-significant since they drive off one compressor. And considering the weather now, halos hindi din naman nag-au-automatic ang compressor.

Gamitin mo muna ng gamitin yung Zafira. 6 mos. ang usual warranty ni MM. Just keep your receipt. Para matesting. Yung sakin sobrang lamig na. I used to have the bad habit of turning the ac on-off-on-off to control cabin temp. Now, I just close the vents. Baka mapagastos na naman, eh.

[edl100]

I just turn them both on (setting 1 lang sa likod) to allow lubricant circulation in both systems. Kung sa consumption, malamang hindi naman ganun ka-significant since they drive off one compressor. And considering the weather now, halos hindi din naman nag-au-automatic ang compressor.

Gamitin mo muna ng gamitin yung Zafira. 6 mos. ang usual warranty ni MM. Just keep your receipt. Para matesting. Yung sakin sobrang lamig na. I used to have the bad habit of turning the ac on-off-on-off to control cabin temp. Now, I just close the vents. Baka mapagastos na naman, eh.

Thanks.

I am trying ways kasi to save gas since the Zafira has this ECO-TEC engine re-circulating emissions gas system na kung mainit ang panahon, malakas sya sa gas. Hot exhaust fumes are put back inside the combustion chamber para i burn ng engine and spark plugs!! Yun lang nga, ZERO emissions yung car and EURO 4 Compliant at the expense of a higher gas consumption.

[sirkosero]

mga dre, vent out lang ako. medyo hindi maganda ang recent visits namin kay mang mario. aware naman cya na hindi na kami happy sa mga nangyari eh... may napost na din ako dati na ganito. pero turns out, mas mahaba pa pala ang istorya.

dinala namin kay mang mario corolla namin kasi wala lamig. tinignan nila, tapos nakita nila na barado ang pressure switch. so pinalitan ang pressure switch tapos nilinis na din ang evaporator. after 3 days, nawawala-wala ang lamig. kaya binalik namin. wala sila ma-diagnose kaya pabalik-balik kami 3x sa bahay nila mang mario. eventually, after 3 visits, nakita na ang problema ay barado expansion valve pati drier. so pinalitan. gastos nanaman. buti nga nakita ko kasi ang ilalagay sana na drier eh yung generic lang at walang fitting para sa pressure switch. so after ilagay yun, ok nanaman. ok cya for about 4 day. after nun, napansin namin parang wala nnmn lamig. so binalik uli. so 5th visit na ito. turns out, butas na ang evaporator at hindi na pwede ma-ayos. 2yrs pa lang ang evaporator na yun tapos butas na agad. so no choice. bili ng bagong evaporator for 6.5k. tapos nun, after a day lang, wala nanaman lamig. parang hilaw yung lamig pero talagang mainit. so balik nanaman kami. 6th visit na ito. check na naman lahat. turns out and problema naman ngayon ay barado agad ang bagong expansion valve na binili namin sa kanila.

so in short, 6 visits kami plus 10k++ in damages, plus days na nag-off ang brother ko para ipaayos ang sasakyan. tapos hindi rin kami ganun ka-satisfied sa trabaho. pasensya na. just venting out.