mal_NW
Member Since: 04 Mar 2008
Location: Garstang, Lancs
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My Air con still in't working, it has been to the specialist who have changed the pump unit, checked gas etc and everything seems ok but it isn't blowing cold. I have tried it on lowest setting and it still won't blow cold. It is going to a LR specialist on Fri but I am not confident after last time I took it to him. Any ideas? Also a member of avforums.com
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 8th Jul 2009 9:43 am |
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DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
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Which dealer are you taking it to ? Have you tried Lakeland .. SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
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| 8th Jul 2009 10:01 am |
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paulJ1
Member Since: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Stewarton, Scotland
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The specialist should sort it for you... if they have fitted a new compressor and its still not working they need a slap. Go and find a real specialist.
A few ideas....
Air con wont work without gas... is it loosing gas ? the condenser coil at the front is easily damaged, the AC specialist should be able to put some die in to show up leaks under UV light ?
Is the fuse blown on the condeser fan (the front radiator) or the compressor clutch ? Set on low temp, switching on the AC you should hear an audible click as the compressor clutch engages, and the fan should come on.
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| 16th Jul 2009 11:18 pm |
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discoverydog
Member Since: 17 Jul 2009
Location: huddersfield
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mal
im in a similar situation with my hse. it does have rear aircon which can suffer from corroded pipes etc .ive had the die put in mine but the dealer mechanics still cant find a fault or leak ..at a loss what to do really
interested to know what your outcome is..
cheers Discodog
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| 17th Jul 2009 9:20 pm |
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DiscoDunc
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have you/they checked the controls - it may be the control panel. I had a problem on our jeep a couple of years ago where it just wouldnt blow cold are and it turned out to be the control panel. I wouldnt have reliased this unless the fans hadnt stopped working shortly afterwards. I replaced the dash control panel with a second hand one off ebay and it was fine. Duncan
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| 18th Jul 2009 8:12 am |
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paulJ1
Member Since: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Stewarton, Scotland
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Find a car aircon specialist, the trouble with the dealers is that they have a machine that they plg in and does all the work for them, a specialist will do it the old fashioned way with gauges etc.
My work Nissan navara was regassed by the main dealer twice, then a specialist found a pinhole in the condenser using a nitrogen flush and a sniffer...
Once the specialist found the fault which Nisan did not i got them to refund the two regasses and the specialst cost. Got our Disco... Love it.....
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| 19th Jul 2009 4:17 pm |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
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Sounds like you need to take it to dealer as the so called specialists seem to lack the specialist knowledge  2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
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| 23rd Jul 2009 4:35 pm |
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mal_NW
Member Since: 04 Mar 2008
Location: Garstang, Lancs
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I have a connection that isn't doing anything near the battery cover, any ideas? I will get a pic.
I have taken the centre console air con off and played with the connections, when I turn econ on/off I can hear a damper in the vent system move but no pump etc kicking in. Also a member of avforums.com
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| 23rd Jul 2009 5:02 pm |
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bambi
Member Since: 10 Apr 2009
Location: south yorkshire
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Hi Mal, i had a word with my brother who fixes these things as well as lorry mounted freezers etc, He said there could be many things but, having told him roughly what you had done,
1 poss heater valve not fully closing
2 unit does not know its warm ( internal temp same as or warmer than outside temp or not talking to each other
3 there is a flow valve not real name cant remember it but its close enough in the system this may be blocked. and thus not allowing gas to circulate.
try putting heater on full till inside of car really hot, then try air con on full cold and recycle on cools air in car not new air from outside. that should rule out 2, see how you go, i am away for a week or so on hols as of tomorrow.
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| 23rd Jul 2009 8:04 pm |
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mal_NW
Member Since: 04 Mar 2008
Location: Garstang, Lancs
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bambi wrote:Hi Mal, i had a word with my brother who fixes these things as well as lorry mounted freezers etc, He said there could be many things but, having told him roughly what you had done,
1 poss heater valve not fully closing
2 unit does not know its warm ( internal temp same as or warmer than outside temp or not talking to each other
3 there is a flow valve not real name cant remember it but its close enough in the system this may be blocked. and thus not allowing gas to circulate.
try putting heater on full till inside of car really hot, then try air con on full cold and recycle on cools air in car not new air from outside. that should rule out 2, see how you go, i am away for a week or so on hols as of tomorrow.
OK thanks will try that tomorrow. 
It seemed to work OK before the pump bearings went so they have replaced the pump so it seems something they have done or not connected  Also a member of avforums.com
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| 23rd Jul 2009 8:50 pm |
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