a/c problems

hi all, well its been a week of ownership now, jap N/A 1995 late, covered about 300 miles, this is my everyday car, yesterday we went out & i was fiddling with the climate control/A/C. well when i turned it off, i could hear what seemed to be the sound of water coming from behind the dash! im not sure if it was or is air in the system. after switching it all on & off it stopped. there was no evidence of water in the footwells, can any one shed any light on the situation? i have hot & cold air, i know the A/C needs a service/regass, but it is a low mileage, very clean un modified example. anyhelp guys please

Nothing but problems it sounds so far mate

sounds like your a/c needs a regas

Often, gurgling behind the dash just means small air pockets working their way around the system. Nothing to worry about if you don't have other symptoms (i.e. if you have hot and chilled air, your aircon and matrix must be working OK), and they'll eventually work their way into the expansion bottle.

PS sounds like a nice car. Stick with it, these niggles will pass.

thanks guys, just out of curiosity, do any of you carry fire extinguishers in your cars just in case? i have also bought a complete suspension bush kit from MVP, i think all together it was £420, next week im rebushing the whole set up. i have a feeling running the supra is as expensive as the porsche, however i am amazed at the amount of interest the car gets, however our mastiff is a little hacked off as no room for him!!

I don't carry a fire extinguisher in my unmodified NA. If I had a highly modified beast or running some high-power ICE I'd consider it, but the likelihood of getting a car fire in a standard-ish car is very slim (I'm touching my wood furiously as I say this).

tempt fate, now im rubbing!!

Re the water sounds I would top up my expansion bottle with coolant and go for an enthusiastic drive with the windows down and heater on full blast......this should give the system the best chance of bleeding.........if you can stop (leave the car idling) somewhere along the way on a slope where the cars nose is as high as possible that should help too.

just topped up the expansion tank, water is brown in there, i think im going to flush & put a decent antifreeze mix in

You use your aircon

i was always told to keep it on or at least once a week use it, theres no leaks underneath, unsure where the condenser is situated, has any one a supra manual i can buy??

your right topgun, nothing but trouble it seems! even the bits that were meant to be sent on which were included in the deal. you live & learn i guess.