Cayman A/C recharge

[msell44]

My 2006 Cayman does not seem to have a cold (only cool) A/C.

I just recently purchased it as a used car, so have no experience with it in hot weather. However our 1999 911 has very cold A/C so I would expect he same from the Cayman.

I was wondering if I could do a recharge of the system myself with a recharge kit from the local auto parts store?

Is so, how would I access the engine to get to the A/C system?

Thanks for any help.

[Loren]

Yes, you could likely recharge the system yourself with one of the kits -- but, the question is where is the leak?

If you don't fix the leak you will just wasting the recharge (and your money).

[berty987]

If you have lost the gas there is also a chance that the lubricating oil has also been lost. If you recharge with gas without the correct amount of oil in the system the seals on the compressor wear out quickly and you are into much bigger bills. Pay the money for it to be checked out properly, dried out using nitrogen and refilled with new gas and oil with a tracer dye. In future any leaks will be much quicker to diagnose with the use of the UV tracer.