Air con regas needed?

[SnoopGrog]

Hi, odd question so bear with me.  I have a 15 yr old A3 2006, 1.6.  I've never had the AC regassed, and it still runs cool, but not freezing, which to be fair is ok. (Had car since 2009).

Is it possible that it's still functional after all this time, or am I imagining it? 

I could get it regassed but if it's common that it could still be working, I could save a trip.

Cheers!

[Stevey Y]

27 minutes ago, SnoopGrog said:

Hi, odd question so bear with me.  I have a 15 yr old A3 2006, 1.6.  I've never had the AC regassed, and it still runs cool, but not freezing, which to be fair is ok. (Had car since 2009).

Is it possible that it's still functional after all this time, or am I imagining it? 

I could get it regassed but if it's common that it could still be working, I could save a trip.

Cheers!

Hi, its lucky it still feels cool you are supposed to regas every four years otherwise the moisture in the system builds up and rots the cods out of the condenser and evaporation units, I would get it done while you are ahead most regassing machines these days dredge out all the old gas and compressor oil and then pressure test the system if it passes it fills the system with new oil and gas, the old gas is run through a recycle and cleaned up, thats where the garages will make a profit from using the cleaned gas on the next vehicle, believe me you will notice the difference.

Steve.

[SnoopGrog]

1 hour ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi, its lucky it still feels cool you are supposed to regas every four years otherwise the moisture in the system builds up and rots the cods out of the condenser and evaporation units, I would get it done while you are ahead most regassing machines these days dredge out all the old gas and compressor oil and then pressure test the system if it passes it fills the system with new oil and gas, the old gas is run through a recycle and cleaned up, thats where the garages will make a profit from using the cleaned gas on the next vehicle, believe me you will notice the difference.

Steve.

Ok thanks Steve, that's helpful and I'll get it sorted - cheers!