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  4. Air Con Condenser rad for Gen 7 needed

    in General Celica Discussion

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    21 hours ago, Crazy Cat Lady said:

    Just an update but since changing the A/C condenser (about a year ago) i can confirm the A/C works okay now :dance:

     

    it works mildly which IME is preferable to A/C that freezes one into stage of hypothermia ...like wot the one in my old Corolla used to.

     

    The only issue that remains is the smelly sock smell that seems to emanate (?) usually more noticeable just after turning the A/C off 

     

     

    Thanks for the feedback on how yours went! Just waiting on my new condenser to hopefully sort mine out too.

     

    Have you tried one of those Aircon refresh blaster cans? I know some of them do claim to kill bacteria in the system. You just turn up the aircon on recirc and stick the opened can in your cupholder and leave it for 15mins or so

     

    Holts LOYTEC1 Air Car sanitizer 150ml https://amzn.eu/d/7Rb9j1A

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  5. Air Con Condenser rad for Gen 7 needed

    in General Celica Discussion

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    14 minutes ago, bazz54 said:

    So, all that gas has just gone in to the atmosphere!   It really is time that selling such DIY air-con stuff was made illegal.   If you don't do a pressure test before re-filling, you are just guessing that you don't have other leaks and the same thing could well happen again.

    It passed a vacuum test the first time I had it re-gassed at a garage last year. I guess I was hoping the leak-seal additive in the DIY kit would plug up whatever leak was present this time round. No such luck.

     

    Next re-gas after I fit the new condenser will be at a garage where they can test it again before filling.

  6. Air Con Condenser rad for Gen 7 needed

    in General Celica Discussion

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    I regassed mine a week ago with a diy kit and it worked great for the week. Checked the engine trays under the rad with a UV light and the dye lit them up like a disco lol. Condenser is hanging in bits so have bit the bullet and am fixing it.

     

     

    New nissens condenser ordered up just yesterday for £144 delivered on eBay. Was lucky to find one there, they usually get snapped up quickly it seems.

     

    will pop into local Toyota dealer to get the O rings and will fit it all soon. I’ll take a few pics for my build thread if anyone is interested too.

     

    will have it all finished just in time for the colder weather coming in lol.

  9. Passenger

    in General Celica Discussion

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Birky101 said:

    Ok thank you the seat sensor must be faulty as no light has come on not to worry

    Thanks guys I love this forum


    From memory it will only come on if the ignition is on. And there is a person or a heavy weight in the passenger seat and the seatbelt is off obviously.

    Oil Filter choice

    in Consumable Parts

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    10 hours ago, bazz54 said:

    Toyota did not want to publicise the problems on the pre-face engine, but there was a Toyota internal memo which got leaked, and that is on this site somewhere. IIRC, the original dipstick has a yellow plastic coating on the top and the revised one is green.  I don't think you need a new one; I just scratched a line 10mm higher than the original Max level.

    I read the revised one has a green dot on part of the yellow handle rather than a completely green one. Here is a pic i found comparing the two. New one is on the bottom:

     

    310870

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    Oil Filter choice

    in Consumable Parts

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    I would say the same - Mann appear to be better made and have a good reputation.

     

    Blueprint is generally the cheapest option and its what you get as a default in all the local motor factors near me.

     

    Fancy sacrificing your two filters to see what they are like inside? :D

    Petrol choice

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    On 26/11/2021 at 22:52, Crazy Cat Lady said:

     

    Filled up earlier this evening with Momentum99 at Tesco.  @ 158.9 P/L

     

    45.96 litres ...which cost £73.03 :blink:

     

    In all my 43 years of motoring that's the most i've ever paid to fill up!

     

    I filled our BMW X1 from empty with regular unleaded recently at Tesco and it came to an eye-watering £86.14. That was my record fill-up.

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