Air Conditioner problem

[brcidd]

Just playing the percentages on the flashing a/c display-- every car I have experienced with the display flashing has been low or very low on refgrigerant- and I've probably serviced a few dozen of these......

Can you elaborate on which manufacturers are recommendeing refrigerant oil service? I would be most ineterested- have never heard of this before- some documentation would be good-- Thanks..

[HotZ28]

Originally Posted by brcidd

Can you elaborate on which manufacturers are recommendeing refrigerant oil service? I would be most ineterested- have never heard of this before- some documentation would be good-- Thanks..

Proton, a Malaysian automaker, is the first OEM smart enough to identify and implement a 60,000-mile service interval for an A/C system flush and refrigerant oil change. This is currently being considered by other OEM’s, including those in the USA! It not only significantly extends the service life of the A/C systems, it is a good money making extra service for the dealers.

Proton is also starting to make better use of its prime asset - Lotus Engineering, acquired in 1998.
Proton is belatedly starting to do deals with its ASEAN trading partners. Proton started exports to Indonesia in 2007, selling around 1,200 units - mainly Wira models for the local taxi market. And in late 2007, Proton also launched the Savvy small car in Thailand, pitching it as a low-cost model aimed at young drivers. These are small deals, but they represent incremental business - a few thousand units are significant for a company whose production fell to just 120,000 last year.
Greater opportunities are presented elsewhere. Proton has been present in Iran since 2005, when it started assembling a few thousand Waja models per year for the local taxi market in partnership with Iranian automaker Zagross Khodro. In late 2007, Proton and its Iranian partner announced the 'Islam Car' programme - a car to be assembled in Malaysia, Iran and Turkey fitted with additional "Islamic" features designed to appeal to buyers across the Middle East and in other Muslim markets.
The programme, which will essentially be little more than a marketing exercise to underline the Islamic credentials of Proton's cars, is slated to begin in 2011. Proton recently said it was looking for a suitable production site in Turkey - and it would use this as a source point to Europe. Proton has been present in Turkey before - from 1998 to 2000 - and it still has a Turkish distributor, Ulu Motor.
But most significant of all is Proton's entry to China. This is a highly unusual strategy - Proton has signed a deal with Jinhua Youngman Automobile Manufacturing Co Ltd to export 30,000 completely built-up Proton Gen2 models over two years, to be sold under the EuropeStar brand as the RCR model. But it promises to be very lucrative for Proton. Proton managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin said the deal would generate around $300 million in revenue and royalties of $32m.