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Air Con problems

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

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Hey,

Righto long story but going for the highlights as I want to go play The Walking Dead Ep 3 :p

Mondeo TDCi with rattly DMF + working air con and I took it to my local VW garage to get fixed (know the service guys, got the cheapest quote ~£930 all in). On getting the car back the air con wasn't blowing desperately cold so I returned to the garage.

(Also changing the DMF/Flywheel/Starter has seen an increase of 5mpg!!)

VW checked it over and told me it was out of refrigerant, recharged it and they had it blowing cold. 2 days later it was back to blowing whatever air temperature it was outside.

Took it back again and they did further leak tests on the system, checked over the compressor and found nothing wrong and all the refrigerant is all there.

It's still not blowing cold and their advice is to now take it to a Ford garage for further diagnostic work.

Anyone experienced anything similar and got any helpful pointers? :)
 
Not a clue! Not heard anything from inside the cabin and I sure as hell ain't checking whilst it's lashing it down :p

Had enough showers today already :D
 
Yep can hear that even with the bonnet down whilst toggling the AC on/off myself so I think that's working.

Also the revs rise and fall slightly when it kicks in/goes off so it appears as normal :confused:
 
Mobile AC guy has just been and gone and reckons it's the pressure switches that need replaced at £130 - £180 all in (price varies if I need a recharge).

Only thing he couldn't check was the codes for the Air Con system as his laptop is away for repair and only has the old handheld machine. He's suggested if the pressure sensors have flagged a code he couldn't read today resetting them might fix it.

So next question:

Anyone in the Fife area got an OBD2 reader that can read/clear all codes? :)
 
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