If your AC needs refilling again and again, the gas is leaking out, and the right job is to find and seal the leak before refilling. We trace leaks with UV dye and nitrogen pressure testing, starting at your car in Khalifa City by booking. Small fixes such as valve cores and reachable O-rings are done on the spot, and larger ones go to the partner workshop.
For AC that keeps losing gas: leak found, fixed, then refilled.
Where the job is done
Simple cases are done at your car in Khalifa City. Bigger jobs go to a partner workshop and the car is returned to you.
The empty system is filled with dry nitrogen to working pressure and watched on the gauge. A falling needle proves a leak, and releasing nitrogen harms nothing.
Soapy solution, a UV lamp for dye traces and an electronic detector narrow it down to a joint, a hose, the condenser, the compressor shaft seal or the evaporator.
Valve cores and O-rings are replaced at the car. A holed condenser, a leaking hose or an evaporator is a workshop job, quoted before any work.
The system is vacuumed and must hold that vacuum before the refrigerant goes in by weight, with UV dye added so any future leak is easy to spot.
We look for the leak before selling you gas, which is the opposite of the usual order.
Nitrogen testing means refrigerant is not vented just to find a hole.
The leak location is shown to you under the UV lamp or in a photo.
A system low on gas makes the compressor cycle on and off rapidly, and every clutch engagement is an electrical load. We test the battery free at the same visit, because weak cooling at idle sometimes has a voltage cause as well as a gas one.
The condenser sits right behind the front bumper, and on the E10 and E22 it takes a steady diet of sand and stone chips, which makes it a frequent leak point on cars that commute from Khalifa City. Heat also hardens rubber O-rings and hose crimps faster than in cooler countries. A car that lost its gas over one summer here is leaking, it has not used the gas up.
Simple cases are done at your car in Khalifa City. Bigger jobs go to a partner workshop and the car is returned to you.
The vans work from inside Khalifa City, so every sector between the E10 and the Al Ain road is close. These are the places we get called to most.
We also cover the neighbourhoods around us. Drive times are from central Khalifa City in normal traffic.
Most calls end with one of these. The technician tests first, so you only buy a battery when the old one has really failed.
Lights left on, or the car sat while you were away for three weeks. We boost it with a protected pack that is safe for modern electronics, then check the battery can still hold a charge.
A digital tester reads the battery's health, voltage and cranking power in about two minutes. You see the numbers on the screen before anyone talks about a new battery.
The right size and type for your car, brought to you and fitted. Radio and window settings are kept, the old battery goes for recycling and the warranty starts that day.
Reviews from customers of our mobile battery teams in and around Khalifa City.
Khalid A.Nissan Patrol, Khalifa CityThe Patrol would only click on the morning of the school run. I sent my location on WhatsApp and the technician was at the villa in about half an hour. He tested the old battery first, showed me the reading, then changed it in the driveway.
Sarah M.Kia Sportage, Al Raha GardensCame back from three weeks away to a completely dead car. I assumed I needed a new battery, but the technician tested it and said it only needed a jump start and a proper drive. I appreciated not being sold something I did not need.
Arjun P.Toyota Camry, Al RayyanaMy Camry was down in the basement at Al Rayyana and I was not sure anyone would come to the bay. The technician left his van in a visitor space and carried the battery and tools down to me. Paid by card and the old battery went with him.
Because there is a leak. AC gas is not consumed like fuel, it circulates in a sealed loop, so a system that needs refilling every year or sooner is losing it through a seal, a hose, the condenser or the evaporator.
No, apart from as a very short-term measure. The new gas escapes the same way, the compressor runs short of oil each time, and you pay for the same refill repeatedly. Finding the leak once is the better use of the money.
With a nitrogen pressure test first, then UV dye and an electronic detector to pinpoint it. Large leaks show within minutes. Very slow ones may need the dye to circulate for a few days before a second inspection.
Check the sticker under the bonnet, which is what we follow. Broadly, cars from the mid-1990s to around 2017 use R134a, and many models built since then use R1234yf. They must not be mixed, and each has its own fittings and equipment.
Sometimes. Valve cores, service caps and reachable O-rings can be replaced at your car. Condensers, hoses, compressors and evaporators are replaced at the partner workshop, and we collect and return the car.
The same number sorts out the rest of the car. Roadside jobs are done where the car stands. Workshop jobs are collected and returned.
Tell us the car and share your location. A technician sets off with the right battery, usually arriving in 20-35 minutes.