Doing This Will Make Your Car's AC Blow Twice as Cold
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- Doing This Will Make Your Car's AC Blow Twice as Cold, DIY life hack and car repair with auto mechanic Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to fix car ac. Expensive ac system repairs. Car hacks that will save you thousands in ac system repairs. 5 minute life hacks to make your car ac system last as long as possible. Make your car's AC system last longer. AC system maintenance tips. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 54 years.
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Hay man what can I do I have a nissan 240 sx uses freon you need a dealer licence for what can I do?
Chart for refrigerant quantity for all type of cars where can i get?
Bro I put in refrigent the other day in my Honda , now it's making a noise and when I turn on AC it starts losing power ...Help ...Got a feeling this video might have helped last week ...lol
I blew compressor of my room AC few days ago. Trying refill :)
i just looked up the r134a gage kit from your short cuts and it tells me $168 and that is likely us funds so for me over $200 plus shipping to canada
Had to replace the condenser in my 2015 GMC Sierra last week. The quote was $1350.00 to replace and recharge. I ordered a new condenser from rock auto and installed it myself and recharge the system for $215. 😎
Replaced the condenser on my 2015 Silverado. Same story as yours. Went to Chevy dealership and was told they’re on back order. Comes with a 3 Year warranty. Found one with a lifetime warranty for @$200! Took only @ 1.5 including vacuuming out old Freon and putting in new Freon. Saved a ton of money!
This should be a recall by now. I've been having trouble with my ac for 2 years. On my 2015 silverado.
@@stephenmetz2044 Yeah I know it’s like you bought a Silverado. Those things fall apart just give it half a decade
All new fords and chevy’s are terrible
@@stephenmetz2044 Definately! GM should be ashamed of itself for allowing known faulty products out of the factory. Other than the AC condenser, the truck has been a stellar performer. Likely selling in the next few years for a Tacoma. I no longer need a full size pickup. Sadly, I’ll likely never buy another GM product. Almost as if they’re built from spare parts….
Scotty is a true “dinosaur” a throwback, a relic of what good, no, excellent customer service, informative, funny, honest! He doesn’t fight over customers. They gladly come back and fight over him!
When you are honest, want to help customers, not rip them up and are knowledgeable, you will get customers.
All of his money comes from yt, he doesn't even have to charge anymore he's so rich from being a mechanic and a tv personality for so many years lol, that's how you do it right and unfortunately almost nobody does anymore.
If he was my mechanic id be just trying to hangout with him and learn more about cars
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And, a thing or two about life. I'm 70, and he has reminded me of some things that I had, let us say, disremembered. Reremendering them is good. Odd, but good. My very best to him. I wonder if he gets tired of all the near-worship he gets.
Is the sky still falling because of the ozone problem , haven't heard from the chickadees in a while . That must have bull stuff also . Global warming has to be more impoetient .
I am an HVAC tech and approve of this video. Good stuff Scotty
I agree, HVAC tech here also. I have seen auto techs charge cars and said what the f! Thats wrong, there is way more to charging ac than craming tons of refrigerant in!
i pay a good mechanic friend &175 hr.
What about a/c oil???? does it need a can of oil?
@@magnumpi28 if it all leaked out it will need oil for sure, if the leak was on the High side pressure line it will need more. It is hard to say how much leaked out so it can be tricky.
DO NOT use a whole lot of oil, to much is more harmful that a lil underfilled
@@magnumpi28 but make sure you get the correct oil, some use PAG and the numbers for PAG differ. So make sure you use the correct oil
Scotty is the best and honest mechanic ever! It's hard to find mechanics like scotty, his a rare gem.
Good men who ain't afraid to show people how to do it themselves and ain't scared for job security
I wish I could have worked with Scotty for a few years, most awesome mechanic. You're a good man Scotty
I knew a young man that told me his air conditioning was not working, so he took it to the same shop that installed a used set of ring and pinion gears in my pickup without telling me, so just for the heck of it he scratches his initials on the bottom side of the ac compressor,
He gets his car back from the shop and the air conditioning is now working ( for 360.00 ) they had to replace the ac compressor , it was all pretty with a new paint job but his initials were still on the bottom of the compressor :)
So did you guys go back and say something?
Maybe they rebuilt it and used the same housing?
Well the air conditioning compressor didn’t happen to me so I don’t have all the details of it,
Smh
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I don't understand why you left texas for tennessee, but I will always respect it. You're still the best, informative, and real mechanic. Keep the great content coming Amigo
@Francisco Vasquez he said there was too much rich yuppies coming in & being disturbing, with too many Porshes. I’m 90% sure that’s what he said. But more importantly he said his grandkids live in Tennessee so he wanted to be closer.
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Golly Gee! Ya gotta LOVE this guy! I used to have a mechanic cut just from Scotty's mold but alas, he retired. Honest, fair and straight to the point. Keep it up.
I would Love to work for this guy, you just learn so much from people like Scotty! So much experience and knowledge. 🤘
Great video Scotty! Simple and to the point. You can save a lot of money doing it yourself and you have the peace of mind of knowing it was done correctly.
scotty makes my day so nice to listen to him so informative and positive.
Scott you are the man there will never be another mechanic like you in this world..thank you may you never retire. GOD BLESS
This video is very educational. It is like Scotty Kilmer is some auto mechanics professor at some community college vehicle mechanics class.
Community college? You mean at an university. Well, maybe you're right. Maybe a rogue professor if at a university.
I watch Scotty every day , very smart & good sense of humour , no hissy fits , old school best way to be
Oi added, refrigerator stuff on my honda at my mechanics..he was just loaning me his stuff. I still have no cold air. He showed me that I have a small leak. You could see the wet on the corner of the radiator. Any simple solution?
Definitely have to say this is one of Scotty's best how too videos.
Both my vehicles are getting old 07 Colorado and 2015 Equinox. No A/C problems thus far, but I live in Florida A/C is life.
that's the truth, how can it rain get down 72 degrees after a rainstorm then less 2 hours later its 90 degrees n very steamy and humid, it still amazes me the weirdness of the weather even living here over 3 decades lol
Yeah. I'm stubbornly hanging onto my 2004 Colorado with i5 engine. I only have 1 window (passenger window) that still goes down and my A.C stopped blowing cold. Talk about a hot ride! Lol. Gonna try and fix it myself.
@@adamhalcyon3393 I have the i4 four door 130k miles only repairs was. The blower motor wire over heated so I had to splice in a bigger gage, just six inches. Passenger front wheel bearing. Glove box handle broke super glued it. That's it. How many miles on yours?
Where are you supposed to capture the evacuated Freon? It is illegal to just dump it; as you know. The last system that failed on my 90 Geo Storm had to be properly done. I'm not doing a full replacement including the compressor etc. It cost $1,500 for the job. I told the dealer not to fill it with the wrong refrigerant or it won't work. They tried and got caught! They ate the cost of evacuation and fill done by a A/C shop. Now it works like factory new.
Hello scotty, I am one of ur avid subscriber. I live here in Toronto Canada. All of your mechanics prove to be the best. I learn so much about fixing my hyundai santa fe sport 2.0T. Keep it up and hope you will be still uploading more videos to educate us. Godspeed...
Great Show Love The Intelligent s And Honestly Cheers From BARRIE Ontario Canada!!!!!!!
Just watched this, Scotty. A thousand thank you. Pray you and your family are greatly blessed.
Genius!! Such a simple solution to an issue that seemed hopeless.
I LOVE Scottys sound effects ....he is a true gem...informative and funny at the same time. Love him!!!
Your the man Scotty I wish I had you as my mechanic 🧑🔧
This is a great Scotty video. The reason I started watching him in the first place. Thank you Scotty!
I replaced the accumulator on my car last year and used the exact method for vacuuming and refiling with 134A. It's still working perfectly a year later.
What did you do with the refrigerant you pulled out? Or was the system completely empty before you started the process?
@@derekjackson3990 The accumulator was rusted out, so all of the freon leaked out when it blew.
Thank you for sharing Mr.Kilmer! Always learning things here and there from you!
Little known fact, when the Ozon scare was created DuPont's patent on Freon 12 was expiring, so Freon was going to get cheap. Guess who has the patent on the new Freon's.
evil. not supporting DuPont
Scotty is so damn likable. I wish I had him for an Uncle.
Thank you Scotty! Loving your work. Learning so much 🇨🇦❤️
Thank you sooo much for this great info Scotty!
Great video, so helpful - thank you Scotty!
All I can say is that Scotty know very well his things. Furthermore I appreciate his honesty and narrative as he is funny and assertive
I'm so glad you found me Scotty! Have always preferred doing my own repairs.
Awesome ! This will help me immensely! Thankyou!
Thank you Scotty! Great information to save us all some money!!
Scotty is the man 👍 gives a man confidence you can do it yourself ! I like that !
thank you for the info. it always nice to hear from a mechanic with experience, that can explain why and why not
Something was wrong with my AC. I almost went diy, but I took it to my mechanic. Turns out it was overcharged. They corrected it. Now it works very well.
I was born into a family with dad running a Sunoco service station so I’ve been around this mechanic stuff for years and it’s true we used to service people and their cars now they sell people crap they don’t need at exorbitant prices, life was good 👍
Thank you for the knowledge you bring to us and you're willingness to teach for our own benefit. You are much appreciated by me and others.
Holy crap that's BRILLIANT ! Man, I wish I had known this a few years ago when I went AC hell for a month or two.
Great video, I would change the shrader valves anytime you completely evacuate the system and refill. Especially if it’s 15 years old. They leak very often on the low side after charging even if you do it correctly. Usually they cost less than a can of coolant.
THAT, my friend, is GREAT ADVICE!!! Just make sure the new Schrader valve is identical to the old one. Replacing the valve can save you a bunch of future heartache!!
@Richard Pedroza No they are not all the same on the high side. The low side are are pretty much the same.
@Richard Pedroza order by model...even gms.... high side and low side are different sizes of valves
2015 isn’t old
thats a waste of money- if you have dytel you can test them very quickly and easily.
Yes Scotty, even elderly women love 😻 To watch your videos!!
Scotty we all need you mate!!!! I just had my aircon serviced on my Vito van and instead of 800g of gas she was down to 350 so the air was coolish but certainly not cold. So following a long hot drive home I decided to have her done and as you can imagine the difference is amazing!! You did not mention in this video that you should also change the cabin filter from time to time, mine was filthy so now the smell is much improved AND I cleaned out the vents using a can with a very long flexible hose. Thanks again!!! Simon
I feel confident enough to do it myself, thank you!!
Terrific...Just terrific!!!!!! Especially the inexpensive parts!!!!
As prices go up on everything, It's pretty much mandatory to do everything myself now days. Thank you for posting videos like this that are easy for me to follow along with. It makes me confident that I'm not going to screw anything up and blow myself up in the process lol.
Fantastic clip! Saved me loads, and now I have some new equipment too for next time!
Thank You Scotty For Training Us.
I'm glad Scotty is starting to put the "Things used in this video" again
scotty is too pure for this world
Excellent! Great do it yourself knowledge. Thank you again. 👍
You're a good man of knowledge Scotty thanks for sharing all your sentiments and tips, be very well my friend. Your a God Sent!
how do you know how to fill it with oil or how much oil is in there? and is it possible to do a "flush" to cleanse the whole thing out?
This is so helpful. AC is such a black art, if you listen to mechanic$.
Scotty I'm so glad I found you mate!
Thank you for the information scotty!
As a former tech i have a 25yo manifold gage and it cost a lot more than 49.00 in the day..ALL HAIL SCOTTY...
Scotty’s a southern accent away from making moonshine
who said I'm not
Alright. Party at Scotty's.
This method is the exact method id say most mechanics actually use when doing AC work, just with fancier more expensive equipment than can diagnose issues with the system itself.
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Scotty, I love when you do videos like this, and teach new skills. These walk throughs are great. Thank you
Scotty you are awesome 😎
Thank you
Now I understand what I was not doing . Removal of lower end . Off to the store !
Great Video..I'm shocked my Grannies old Reliant K car AC ran 20 years after I changed compressor and converted it to R134 and never pulled the vacuum on the system...guess older cars had more leeway to f up and still work...It also unknowingly ran on 1 quart of engine oil for a month and still was running after I sold it 10 years later
I'm happy with 58° discharge on my old '86 Toyota pickup. I'm too reluctant to pull the evaporator. It still keeps me nice and cool during the dog days of summer.
58 deg??!! That’s horrible.
My 91 yota gives my fingers frostbite it's so cold. But I fix it every year.
@@The_Redkween Some men aren't afraid to sweat a little....
@@The_Redkween AC design is a 40f evap with a 15f split would mean 55 degrees is DESIGN supply air. 58f is good enough.
58f is good at idle especially for an almost 40 year old truck, getting to low 40's is difficult if you dont use the correct equipment and capacities as well
Me and the homies love the Scotty Kilmer channel
Thank you for all this info. Really appreciated.
Much Love Scotty! Thank you !
What about oil, some cans say they have oil in with the refrigerant?
This is an awesome video. Maybe I missed something, when you use the pump to remove the refrigerant that is in the system, what do you do with it. Does the pump store it? How is it disposed of.
If you have a nonworking system most of the time the refrigerant has already leaked out all you are doing is creating a vacuum so that you can reinstall refrigerant without having air in there to mess up the system
If it won’t hold the vacuum then you’re finding a leak under vacuum when you have to look around and see if you can spot where you have what looks like an oil stain on a line or something or possibly use dye and a black light
If you can’t find anything let it run and let the water drip out of the evaporator and hit that with the black light and if you see the dye in the water then you got a problem because most evaporators are an SOB to change
Scotty has forgotten more than I know but I have picked up a little over the years
Keep it up Scotty !
Same thing I was wondering what to do with the refrigerant that was stored in the vacuum..?
I’ve seen mechanics say a compressor was bad without checking the compensating valve or knowing it had one. I picked up a “worn out “ compressor and swapped the compensating valve out and it worked perfectly. Harrison Delphi V5!!
Scotty ! You are priceless !
Giving crooks fits for 53 years !
Thank YOU !!
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Scotty you're a legend.
My A/C only works when my car is overheating 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mine is sort of the same except when I'm out of fluid my heat doesn't work. I'd love a video on why this is the case with modern cars.
Canadians have great AC in January and February. So cold 🥶 that ice pellets come out of the vents.
You're the man Scotty Kilmer! Im off to order the tools. Got a quote for $300 to get my AC recharged yesterday. I would rather do it myself but I was intimidated. Not anymore!!
Priceless video Scotty👍
Just put in some AC/PRO for the second spring in a row and the AC is now blowing 63.9 F. This stuff is Golden.
@@derek17005 anything below 59 is good
69.3f = 17.7C. That doesn’t seem cold enough? My Honda is around 4C at the vents.
Did you drain the low pressure before adding?
@@dylanmonahan1002 - No Dylan because I had used it last spring and it cooled all summer. Thus when this year it wasn’t cooling it confirmed that I had a slow leak. I did just barely get it into the green to prevent overfilling.
@@paulsi1234 4 celcius? Whats the ambient temp when you get this reading?
Thank you for your tips Scotty 😊 you're the best 👌 😇🙏
Very informative, thank you.
this is a master class on AC. thank you scotty
scotty is a straight genius.. where was he when i was in high school taking mechanics class?
where were you 😏
@@BC-hr2of in school learning
I have used that procedure a couple times after replacing the compressor and filter-dryer. It works great.
Scotty, you the man!
I haven’t been in a shop for a long time now. Haven’t done a/c in about as long. But best I can remember from training about the history of refrigerants was something like this: early refrigerants were highly flammable, it’s replacement was eating the ozone, it’s replacement was a greenhouse gas more potent then methane by 400 times, and it’s replacement was flammable again. Or something like that. LOL can’t win.
It does matter though, the ozone destroying chemicals are bad, restricting those has seriously helped.
Scotty, you are great , full of car knowledge, great altitude and hummer. See you on the next .Thank you
Humble.
Attitude and humor*
Great altitude and a hummer? That’s gonna give you terrible gas mileage. 😂😂
@@ArthropodSpidey that made me laugh lmao
I have also gotten a hummer at altitude
Great video Scotty thank you 👍
Scotty,
I started the process you recommended because my AC isn’t very cold anymore. Anyway I purchased the AC gauges you recommended. When I connected the high and low side it shows pressure. I assume this is the remaining refrigerant that has not leaked out yet. What do I do with this? Do I vacuum it out and where does it go?
Also what pressure should I be looking for when vacuuming? How do you know when it’s done?
Hi Scotty. Great video. I'd love to do this myself but what if there is still freon in the system?
It could just leak out by accident "hint hint" if you don't own a recovery system.😉
Scotty are you advocating venting an existing that is low on refrigerant and then evacuation via vacuum, or only evacuate on an almost empty system where the low pressure protection prevents the compressor clutch from engaging?
People don't realize that vehicles "air conditioning systems" are not true air conditioning like your house. They are in fact High temperature Freezer Systems because of the heat load and poor insulation of a vehicle. True air conditioner would never cool it for comfort in a vehicle.
I bought a 30 pound cylinder 6 months ago and my cost was outrageous even at wholesale.
I am glad you took the time to show people. Shops have gotten out of hand along with every other industry in the world today with prices. It isn't going to be able to sustain it for much longer.
Brilliant...They don't want you to know. Can't tell you how much I have spent on this in past...
Thank you for this. I use your advice for my 2002 Nissan frontier.
Thank you Scotty, what about the oil? i have a Benz and i was told those are finicky about how much oil needed with the refrigerant
A Benz is finicky for all reasons.
Scotty, what about the line pack amount …. the refrigerant that fills the line before any goes into the car. Doesn’t a certain amt of weight have to be accounted for to fill the line before you can measure the weight that entered the car’s system?
He started weighing after he purged the air from the line, therefore all measured weight went into the system.
Very helpful. It hit 103 in Tucson yesterday, AC is so needed.
How cold does your air get at 100+ temps?
Thank you, I've made a lot of mistakes doing it myself
I see your e-bikes in the back and love ya even more for it!
I'd love to go riding with Scotty. If he can move his legs as fast as his hands I bet he's fast!
Love you Scotty! Need this video living in Las Vegas 100 degrees all week! 🏜🚗💗
Then you need to find some water!!!
I understand the stock market more then I can comprehend this, my hats off to you sir.
Love your videos Scotty!