Hi, all. Been a while since I posted, but that's because things have been good with my wife's 945. Things are still good, but for the A/C that has never been right after the deer encounter a year and a half ago. To recap, around Thanksgiving, 2004 my wife hit a deer with the right front of the wagon and the insurance totalled the car, though my wife drove it home after the accident. I bought the car out fron the insurance and repaired it with mostly excellent results. Nothing really wrong with it, just needed a new hood, evaporator, lights, grill and straightening of the radiator brackets, etc. Everything was done well, but the A/C even with the new evap did not hold charge. The guy who fixed it was good at body work, but I am not sure he is an A/C expert. Which brings me to my question: Does anyone know of a good auto A/C repair shop in the Washington DC area, particularly Montgomery County, MD? I live in Gaithersburg, MD and would like to have this thing repaired so it stays fixed. I believe there is a leak around the three sensors down at the bottom of the evap. I had it charged and sniffed by a good indie here (Scandinavian Imports), but they were not too willing to perform repairs and said I should go back to the guy who fixed the car in the first place. Perhaps they are right, but I just do not have a lot of faith in the guy as an A/C specialist. I can't afford to buy an evacuation pump or I would try the repair myself.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.


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Vladimir. '98 S70 base, 5-speed manual - his, '93 945 (approaching 200K miles and rolling on...) - hers