2006 Lexus GS at !50,000 Miles
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Just drain and fill the coolant, A flush probably isn't necessary unles you see junk floating in the coolant, or it is discolored. Your car should have Toyota Pink coolant (Super Long Life Coolant). You can easily drain and refill yourself. I would suggest not adding Refrigerant to the AC system unless you have a problem. If you have a problem, you should properly fix the problem, then Evacuate and recharge the system, not use the part store "quick fix" method.
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Just drain and fill the coolant, A flush probably isn't necessary unles you see junk floating in the coolant, or it is discolored. Your car should have Toyota Pink coolant (Super Long Life Coolant). You can easily drain and refill yourself. I would suggest not adding Refrigerant to the AC system unless you have a problem. If you have a problem, you should properly fix the problem, then Evacuate and recharge the system, not use the part store "quick fix" method.
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The Toyota dealer is the only place to get it. Just adding R-134A will not make it colder. If it already has a full charge, and you add to it, it will damage the AC system. You would need to Evacuate the system, and add the correct charge level. If it is not cold, and low, there is a leak that will need to be repaired. After repairing a leak, you can't just add with those cans, the system will have to have a vacuum pulled on it before adding any refrigerant.
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The Toyota dealer is the only place to get it. Just adding R-134A will not make it colder. If it already has a full charge, and you add to it, it will damage the AC system. You would need to Evacuate the system, and add the correct charge level. If it is not cold, and low, there is a leak that will need to be repaired. After repairing a leak, you can't just add with those cans, the system will have to have a vacuum pulled on it before adding any refrigerant.
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A/C systems in cars are luck of the draw for me.....I've had some that work awesome seemingly forever, but others ALWAYS have some kind of issue. Toyota products generally seem to be among the best, my GS will flat freeze you out, but I've had a Chevy Prizm LSi for many years (Toyota Corolla) that needs A/C work almost yearly. At this point the entire system is all new within the past I guess 3 years, but now it's blowing warm yet again. I had a brand new compressor last less than 2 years in that car, even worse it was only about 5k miles. Wonder if an A/C system can just be cursed....
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