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MR_alien
post Jun 11 2024, 02:11 PM

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stop going to dishonest a/c shop

and stop thinking when your a/c is not cold, it's top up gas
for example ask yourself when is the last time you service your a/c 1st
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post Jun 11 2024, 03:40 PM

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QUOTE(poweredbydiscuz @ Jun 11 2024, 02:29 PM)
My car aircon busuk when turn on and go away after few seconds. Any good recommended workshop in klang valley?
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is it shit smell?
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post Jun 11 2024, 04:13 PM

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QUOTE(poweredbydiscuz @ Jun 11 2024, 04:09 PM)
Musty
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ya, i think that and shit smell...that's the gas smell
when i go to my a/c shop to service
1st thing he ask of course is it not cold anymore, i say no....just wanna service it to prevent it from breaking

thn he ask got any weird smell like shit smell when i open a/c or not...that's the gas smell leaking

but it's hard to check how big is the leakage...it can be years before it leaked everything
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post Jun 11 2024, 05:05 PM

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QUOTE(ridox_orimabu @ Jun 11 2024, 04:54 PM)
so conclusion senang only.
all a/c guy in malaysia mmg ccb
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not all
there are still honest one but they're hard to find

rich people know where they are but they won't tell you where laugh.gif
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post Jun 11 2024, 08:58 PM

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QUOTE(ridox_orimabu @ Jun 11 2024, 08:25 PM)
this coming Saturday i can update you whether the workshop im going honest or not. coz they say its cooling coil. LOL
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all the honest a/c shop i went before all have something similar
all of them will have some expensive luxury rare car inside waiting to be serviced
shop will never look neat...in fact full of used spare parts here and there and everything looked old school

thn u google them, they don't have much review at all but sometimes you'll see some rare car pictures...and all reviews are good but very few

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Jun 11 2024, 09:01 PM
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post Jun 11 2024, 09:05 PM

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QUOTE(LDP @ Jun 11 2024, 09:01 PM)
I went to one old school air conditioning shop … dirty filled with old spare parts .. Tot he was good but didnt fix my problem properly ..

Was very disappointed. Went to Denso authorized service center n they fixed it. ..
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got money always can go denso authorized SC
but same as every other official SC, it's not gonna be cheap
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post Jun 11 2024, 09:13 PM

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QUOTE(LDP @ Jun 11 2024, 09:08 PM)
If its normal service there is not much to tukar .. just receiver drier and o ring .. also u dont service yr air cond all the time .. once every 30K km or 40K km for Denso
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depends what car
the a/c shop of course recommend service every year but nobody really follows that
in fact i know a majority of people don't service their a/c until something eventually fail

perodua should service more often due to their reliability issue
every 2-3 years should service
proton a/c, for my own car...1st service is at the car's 9th year
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post Jun 11 2024, 09:16 PM

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QUOTE(machomama @ Jun 11 2024, 09:13 PM)
workshops are a gamble we sometimes take

usually we're in a kinda emergency situation depending on the issue at hand and generally want a quick fix, can do homework seek best workshop but...at times just whack go look for a decent looking mechanic

heard an almost same AC problem story firsthand from an Almera (1st gen) owner, had to visit same shop many times over n over cos already invested so much for earlier repairs

this Nissan mmg femes ke for AC problem?
or we're dealing with lemons here, nampak macam x
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if someone owns an almera...it's not the shop's problem already

that car's a/c is known to be unreliable
it is so unreliable, a/c shop stock parts for that car laugh.gif
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post Jun 11 2024, 09:19 PM

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QUOTE(Natsukashii @ Jun 11 2024, 09:15 PM)
So my axia 8 years already, 50k mileage, never did any service

I thought must go change gas lol

So now what should I do? Just go ask them change compressor oil and that's all?

Cooling still got, just that I don't think it's good. But still got lah

I don't know if should take risk and go service, sometimes if touch already, then will have more problems.

I thought just give to perodua sc to do, basic a/c serv, but they don't let us in.. so what they do also, can't see.
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a/c is same as car...got minor service and major service
minor service is basic cleaning and flush out the old gas and put in new gas

major service is like what u say change the compressor oil and everything

never take back to official SC, official SC don't have a/c expert
few thing u don't send back SC to do = tyre, brake, alignment, wipers, a/c
SC don't have alignment expert and a/c expert
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post Jun 11 2024, 09:25 PM

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QUOTE(Natsukashii @ Jun 11 2024, 09:21 PM)
Alright, I'll look for an specialist but at my situation right now, do I need to do the minor serv at least?

I try not to touch too much by major serv, later got new problems pulak  biggrin.gif
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i would recommend major service instead due to your car is a perodua

depends how often you use your a/c also
same as car...your car also every year change oil...so how can your compressor oil be lasting 5-9 years and expecting it not to fail? laugh.gif

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post Jun 12 2024, 08:44 AM

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QUOTE(LDP @ Jun 12 2024, 07:53 AM)
Perodua uses Sanden in the old days and back then Perodua SC also sent the cars to Sanden for servicing…Sanden is quite reliable and I dont find any issue with it … that was my experience with them ages ago.

If an air cond shop asked u to come back every year for service u know well that they are dishonest .. That is how u filtered out the good and bad ones ..

My regular air cond shop even allowed me to buy my own receiver drier … They also dont even change the cabin air filter all the time …
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there's a reason proton moved from denso to sanden and perodua on the other hand moved to denso

the 3 honest a/c aircond i went always recommend coming back every year for regular service...not major service
they even has a sticker for it...not just words of mouth

simply use common sense, if your house a/c also service every year...why won't your car?

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post Jun 12 2024, 09:03 AM

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QUOTE(ihavenoidea @ Jun 12 2024, 09:00 AM)
Axia first few years have air compressor leak issue. Sanden if not mistaken. If not mistaken old perodua zaman kenari use denso no?
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i can't be absolutely sure
but some people say perodua just use the low quality version of sanden and denso....which their toyota counterpart doesn't seem to have issue
only perodua seem to have such issue laugh.gif
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post Jun 12 2024, 12:01 PM

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QUOTE(Virlution @ Jun 12 2024, 11:54 AM)
I am with the group that dont service AC... just regularly clean filter only.
AC use 100% and mostly recirculate the air, so its cleaner.
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u forgot your home a/c is stationary, you car's a/c is moving
gone through heat, dirt, leaves, rain, water puddle and car wash....but people still refuse to service it until some parts actually fail

thn blame the brand for being unreliable or shops trying to scam people
so it's not really about just the air it's sucking in...it's what the parts went through

 

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