Posted in Uncategorized on June 29th, 2009 by feef
The low-pressure return hose on the Alfa’s air con system has sprung a leak where the cooling fan cowling had been rubbing and eventually cut it.
With us going on holiday tomorrow night for a fortnight in France, and the bike not being fixed in time, we’ve decided to take the car, but I didn’t fancy driving about in 30+ degrees heat in a mobile greenhouse, so decided to get the aircon fixed.
It’d be £200 to get it repaired, and no guarantee they’d be able to fit me in before we left, so I decided to go for one of my infamous “och it’ll be fine” bodges.
One drinks can, jubilee clip, some instant gasket and a couple of cans of refrigerant/lubricant/leak-sealant later, and it’s holding pressure and nice and cool again.
At least it was holding pressure last night. I’ll try it again when I get home today and see how its doing 
