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A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:08 pm
by el_ringo
Hi All,
Finally get a warm day in Yorkshire this year and the A/C has decided to stop working.
No fault codes on the
Vag Com, no forced ECON light.
Revs change a little when turning on and off the ECON but none of the usual jet engine noise from the engine.
I am thinking the G65 is the first thing to swap out. Anyone know what the normal G65 values are in the
Vagcom measuring blocks?
R
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:28 pm
by Shoppinit
If the compressor is running, and it sounds like it is, you should be getting cooling. Maybe your gas has leaked out.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:48 pm
by el_ringo
Do you know where the low pressure gas inlet is
Shop? I still have an AC recharge bottle in the garage with a pressure gauge.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:17 pm
by Shoppinit
I think it's by the strut mounts in front of the windscreen. Might be a pic in my Bilstein installation DIY.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:18 pm
by Shoppinit
Don't recharge it with a bottle though. Asking for trouble.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:20 pm
by el_ringo
I will ship it off to Grizz for him to look at it!
Vagcom says 8.0bar, but that could be a duff sensor.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:25 am
by chunky79
Could just need re-gassing. Kwick fit do it for around £50.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:09 am
by Shoppinit
Hmm. Be very careful about who re-gasses and how. Most of the retail places like Halfrauds that do it for £05 use single use bottles. These are disastrous for your AC system.
You need someone with the proper kit to empty the system, create a vacuum, boil off the moisture and recharge with the right lubricant. The bottles are the chrome spray in Mad Max Furry Road (sh1t film, btw).
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:44 pm
by chunky79
Pretty sure kwick fit have a good set up. Can't be certain though cause I do my own.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:48 pm
by bam_bam
I can vouch for Kwik Fit, I thought they'd destroy the car but they were actually very good... at regassing.
Shoppinit wrote:The bottles are the chrome spray in Mad Max Furry Road (sh1t film, btw).
We're no longer on talking terms. It's a car chase movie, pure and simple.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:00 pm
by Shoppinit
You sure you're not looking through Aus tinted spectacles? It made me think my TV was broken. Frame rate was all over the place. I did like the Cirque du Soleil pole vaulters though.
Re: A/C issues
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 3:39 pm
by bam_bam
Shoppinit wrote:You sure you're not looking through Aus tinted spectacles? It made me think my TV was broken. Frame rate was all over the place. I did like the Cirque du Soleil pole vaulters though.
There's a reason for the frame rates. Look it up, philistine.
/EDIT Hmmm this appears to be aggressive, it isn't, well no more than I normally am.
