Air Con Warm?????

[Nutkin]

:S


Its sort of suddenly changed, the motor is still engaging and changing revs so could it be a leak somewhere? any easy way to tell?

 

[dholdi]

As far as I know the best way of checking is with a set of gauges. If you suspect a leak I wouldnt use the aircon as the lubricant may well have been lost as well, you may damage the compressor. Best get it checked.

 

[Nutkin]

ill just leave it off i cant really aford to get it checked now

 

[uncovered]

now this is a long shot. When i used to have my cupra it had climate control, basically it started to blow out warm air all the time. What I did was take off the cover which surrounded the radio and climate control and the senslor was behind it, the other side of what I can only describe as a rectangle with holes. It was covered in dust. I cleaned it and voila, all back to normal. Maybe I was just lucky but thought I would give you an option if you have climate control.

 

[Muttley]

That's the cabin air temperature sensor, and a good tip. Worth a try JamesTDI, and let us know if it fixes your problem

 

[dholdi]

^^^ Thats certainly worth a try, as it will cost you nothing, however if the sensor and its enclosure is dusty I would have thought that would give a higher false reading and thus a requirement for even cooler supply air. Cant do any harm to try it though.

 

[Nutkin]

^^^ Thats certainly worth a try, as it will cost you nothing, however if the sensor and its enclosure is dusty I would have thought that would give a higher false reading and thus a requirement for even cooler supply air. Cant do any harm to try it though.

techni9cally it will be very insulated so it will coold down overnight and stay that cold

 

[dholdi]

techni9cally it will be very insulated so it will coold down overnight and stay that cold

No, i cant see that mate, its purpose is to measure the temp inside the car so it wouldnt be insulated from the inside of the car, however if it had a coating of dust that would act as insulation and give a falsely high reading. This would make your aircon either blow colder or blow at its coldest for longer - hope that makes sense.

 

[Nutkin]

No, i cant see that mate, its purpose is to measure the temp inside the car so it wouldnt be insulated from the inside of the car, however if it had a coating of dust that would act as insulation and give a falsely high reading. This would make your aircon either blow colder or blow at its coldest for longer - hope that makes sense.

the dust creates a layer and overnight the dust will cool down, then when i get in the car the car warms up but the layer of dust is still cold cause it is more dense than the air in the car.


hense it stays warm.

Just cause its insulated doesnt mean its warm

 

[olliep]

mine was blowing luke warm air on the coldest setting when i got it several months ago. it was a combination of the compressor going to hell and a split in one of the pipes from the compressor

 

[Nutkin]

yeah i reckon it might be a split pipe now hopefuly if i get it recharged they can do a leak test

 

[LEE69]

kwik fit say if they don't make it colder you don't pay

 

[sabredylan]

:S


Its sort of suddenly changed, the motor is still engaging and changing revs so could it be a leak somewhere? any easy way to tell?

Probably just needs a re gas, either a top up from Halfords or from a dealer. The dealer will probably sting you though

 

[Nutkin]

Probably just needs a re gas, either a top up from Halfords or from a dealer. The dealer will probably sting you though

A re gas?


Im not sure i like the idea of farting in my engine, let alone the though of having to stuff one of the pipes up there might leave this till the summer.