Air Conditioning

[Jmac]

Very good Malteser u are 110% right mate and cheers for the link very good mate!!

[Golf Loon]

Hey Sean, just whack some o rings in and get a regas with tracer dye, then you will know where you are.

I havent sold a compressor for 6 months, but have been quietly stockpiling them.

Sold a few this week and some condensors. Good to see people are planning ahead for the heat!

Science, i always answer my phone in work hours, rarely late at night. If i`m on the phone, try again in 5 or leave a mesage and I`ll call you back.

See you soon Hawk.

Matt

[The_Hawk]

I havent sold a compressor for 6 months, but have been quietly stockpiling them.
Sold a few this week and some condensors. Good to see people are planning ahead for the heat!
See you soon Hawk.
Matt

Yep and some of that stockpile is going into my car today!

Hopefully I will be able to report back later tonight that I am nice and cool (or at least later in the week after I get the system gassed up and tested

[The_Hawk]

A/C Compressor... Check
Oil Leak... Check

The small issue of the cracked sub Frame Loon found while fixing the above ... Check

The instrument cluster unfortunately seems to have died at some stage too, so a new one of those in there too.

The AC still needs to be gassed and pressure tested, so fingers crossed I can get that done this week too and it all goes well.

On a strange note, if you remember I had issues with the Thermo fans here:
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ead.php?t=7162

For some reason they were staying on high speed all the time so the auto elec put in a switch for me. Seems now they are not coming on when the switch is on. Now that means one of two things. Either the fan and/or controller are now complete toast, or somehow the replacement compressor has fixed the issue? Will take it for a bit of a thrash soon and see if I can get the fans to come on.

[The_Hawk]

Thermo fans are coming on when the temp gets up to 91 or so oil temp like they should, at least the low speed is anyway. Will have to really work it to get the high speed going.

The down side. The water temp is now not reading over 70 or so, not the 90 is should

looks like what ever killed the cluster may have taken a sensor with it...

Will have to investigate further

[The_Hawk]

New cluster doesn't have lights. Will need to fix that tomorrow too.

[The_Hawk]

Air con was gassed half a dozen times today, had the TX valve replaced, tinkered with, but sitll no joy. The Air Con guy still thinks the compressor is bum. Unfortunate, but these things happen.

Loon is getting me a fully rebuilt compressor so hopefully I will have AC goodness in time for the VWW cruise. Nice.


Temps are still a little wierd, but after a little testing the car is doing everything it should so it looks like it may just be an issue of different guage reading a little different... Thermo fans are kicking it at the right temps so I will keep an eye on it and see where things go.

I also fixed the instrument clusters lights so I know just how much I am speeding now

[The_Hawk]

I stumbled across this info on another forum and emailed it to myself today, but forgot the link. Will update when I find it again.

In short it says that thermo fans staying on can be because of the pressure switch on the AC. Since my system currently has no gas in it, it may very well be that when it does the switch is causing my high speed to stay on... We will see very soon.

In response to "Why are my thermo fans always on"

For me, this turned out to be the AC pressure switch. It's located just below the AC Drier on the passenger side of the car, just under the front bumper. Mine was cracked and needed replacing. Once I did that, all was good again. You can remove the switch without discharging the AC system, so you may want to take it out and look to see if yours is damaged. If not, I'd say it could still be that because I epoxied mine and it didn't help. One other thing it could be is the thermostat...but I'm not sure on that one. Check the switch first, as it's easy to get to. If you have a Bentley, its on page 87-14. L8z

[Pullstarter]

My temps are a bit strange also, seems to hover between 85-90 most of the time but when in stop start traffic gets to 100+, maybe i'm being paranoid but should i be worried about this?

[The_Hawk]

My temps are a bit strange also, seems to hover between 85-90 most of the time but when in stop start traffic gets to 100+, maybe i'm being paranoid but should i be worried about this?

90 is where it is "supposed" to be, at 85 I wouldn't be worried too much. Last thing I heard was in a VR6 if it's not overheating it's all good