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They said it used 430g of refrigerant. Goes cold real quick like 20 seconds after turning it on. Very surprised

Just had it gassed at F1 it's blowing cold now and no leaks so all good. Cost 69 quid. Koyo condenser doing good

Gonna take to to F1 auto centre, 70 quid but they gonna do full vacuum job and leak test etc and if it's not working then you don't pay so good enough for me What's normal temps supposed to be for celicas? E.g if it's 25c outside temp what should I expect the AC vent to blow out?

Yea will have to hunt about no local places cheap. Halfords is so far cheapest at 75 Inc vat but want the car left there all day which I can't do

Anyone regassed Thier own Aircon using those vacuum pump and gauge kits? Current gassing prices are 75 to 90 quid so thinking of just getting the 100 quid kit and doing it myself but wanted to see if anyone else has tried it.

Yes mines a year 2000 reg. I bought it in 2013 and it had surface rust underneath but no holes or weakened metal. Cavity wax is the main one to get on it, stops it rusting from the inside out. Will see how the wheel arches hold up, if the coating comes off I may switch to noxudol 900 or 1600

Got 5.5mm cobalt drill bit from Toolstation. Drilled through and tapped hole and used stainless bolts. All sorted now

Will have to try that. They are M6 in size

So when replacing the AC condenser the 2 bolts that hold the bracket that holds the condenser in place snapped. I was careful but guess they just took far gone . Drilling didn't seem to do much I'm guessing they are hardened steel. Any ideas how I can remove them? What's in the underside is it a nut welded to the frame or something else? Some better pics of the screws that are stuck in the holes. Iv put bumper all back on now. Just need to take it for a regas. Not sure what to do with the brackets, they are out back on and held by the condenser side but hopefully it doesn't pop off. Could epoxy the bracket on but that's gonna be issue in future if I need to do any work again.

Finally got round to doing the underside of the Celica and wife's new aygo. For Celica I used noxudol 300. Oddly it's still wet after 10 days has a paste sort of feel. Wife's aygo I used waxoyl clear for inside stuff and black for underbody. Waxoyl cures much quicker to a hardish wax also it's in my clothes and impossible to remove. Will check how it's holding up next year, although I get the feeling noxudol 300 may not be a hard enough of a wax and should have gone with noxudol 900 or just use waxoyl. Time will tell.

Yes the key I got for 12.50 only opens and closes the doors. There is no transponder in it so won't start the car. Not in a rush so will take time to find transponder and program it 80 quid for fully functional is decent

timpsons 2 new keys that start the car for 80 quid for the pair? thats a cracking price.

I think it's to do with clone keys not having their own code entry in ECU. Not sure how much difference that makes but it's just what I read in Toyota owners club forum. Iv order a replacement key for the MK2 aygo now. Key with cut blade only no transponder cost 12.50 Inc post. Will get a transponder and manually code it myself Just need the key to open the door incase wife leaves the key inside or something else dum happens

It will work fine it's just not ideal way to do it.

Timson saying no programming required means it's cloning your existing key.