Just had the most hilarious experience here. Walked in to simply buy a can of refrigerant for a buddy of mine who has a leak in his AC system; the system was low on refrigerant, causing luke warm air.
Now I'm a Factory trained ford technician so I obviously diagnosed the problem, and we decided as a cost effective way of getting cooled on a budget, until my buddy can save money to actually fix the leak in the AC. (Very small leak)
I grab a can of AC pro for a quick fix, went up to the counter, and a 65 yr old wanna be mechanic working the counter proceeds to tell me I'm wasting money and asks if the compressor is running, pressure readings, etc and that low freon isn't the problem as if he knew what he was talking about. He tells me that I better get a mechanic to check it out before I waste my money on something that "clearly wasn't the problem."
I smirked and said "you're looking at a master tech ford technician" and went down the street to advance auto parts and got the dang refrigerant lol. So after that waste of time finally got my buddy's truck cooled and had a good laugh about what happened down at AutoZone with the old geezer giving very uneducated advice. No customer should be questioned by their purchase, I could've bought a can of refrigerant as a present for all that fool knows.
If you need to buy parts, that's what they're there for. If you need advice, consult with a technician or your service manual.
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Just had the most hilarious experience here. Walked in to simply buy a can of refrigerant for a buddy of mine who has a leak in his AC system; the system was low on refrigerant, causing luke warm air. Now I'm a Factory trained ford technician so I obviously diagnosed the problem, and we decided as a cost effective way of getting cooled on a budget, until my buddy can save money to actually fix the leak in the AC. (Very small leak) I grab a can of AC pro for a quick fix, went up to the counter, and a 65 yr old wanna be mechanic working the counter proceeds to tell me I'm wasting money and asks if the compressor is running, pressure readings, etc and that low freon isn't the problem as if he knew what he was talking about. He tells me that I better get a mechanic to check it out before I waste my money on something that "clearly wasn't the problem." I smirked and said "you're looking at a master tech ford technician" and went down the street to advance auto parts and got the dang refrigerant lol. So after that waste of time finally got my buddy's truck cooled and had a good laugh about what happened down at AutoZone with the old geezer giving very uneducated advice. No customer should be questioned by their purchase, I could've bought a can of refrigerant as a present for all that fool knows. If you need to buy parts, that's what they're there for. If you need advice, consult with a technician or your service manual.