How do I recharge my A/C on a 2000 Ford Focus?

Take off the inner plastic fender cover on the passenger side front wheel. The canister is located in there. Connect your ac hose and freon can to it and fill it up while the car is running and the ac is on high. use a can with a guage to see how much is in it before you start. with the car off it should be between 70 and 90 psi (approx)

Jerry
June 2007

halfords sell a canister,with pipe and gauge for £35 its fine to use provided, the system is in use and the seals dont leak otherwise goto kwikfit or a ford dealer they charge around £100 and will pressure test the system for leaks

obe
June 2007

Find an automotive aircon specialist.

DIY & aircon dont go together.

At best you could cause expensive damage to your cars aircon system, at worse you could end up seriously injured or worse if the aircon system or gas bottle you are trying to connect explodes!

Lee
June 2007

To recharge aircon you need a machine. In the EU it is actually illegal to monkey with the gas without one. I guess that most of the non-developing world is the same. Aircon is not DIY.

t
June 2007