AirCon regas made no difference

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06-19-2015, 10:56 AM

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I should probably just check, the S2000 air con does acutally pump out cold air right? I'm used to the aircon on my Octavia which can get very chilly when required.

Yup it should be ice cold.

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06-19-2015, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dan_bourne

Check that your dial in the car actually adjusts the valve in the engine bay fully closed. My old my99 s2k used to get sticky and not work properly, bit of wd40 squirted up the tube probably wasn't the right lubricant for the job, but I had it in the car while I was out on a drive,

Fixed me issue.

The valve can be found near the intake manifold on a hose (surprisingly).

Ahhh thanks. I'll take a look.

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Check the condition of the aircon condenser. If the mot guy said it was heavily corroded he may mean that all the fins are missing. That would stop your aircon from working.

I'll check this too.

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I should probably just check, the S2000 air con does acutally pump out cold air right? I'm used to the aircon on my Octavia which can get very chilly when required.

Yup it should be ice cold.

I figured as much but wanted to be sure.

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06-20-2015, 12:13 AM

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Either the condenser/compressor is shot or you have leak in the system there should have been some coloured die in the regas so you should be able to see if there's a leak in the system

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06-20-2015, 01:02 AM

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Either the condenser/compressor is shot or you have leak in the system there should have been some coloured die in the regas so you should be able to see if there's a leak in the system

KwikFit would have broken the law if they regassed it with a leak.

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06-20-2015, 04:42 AM

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^^^ Exactly.

They should've pressure tested it first, if found to have a leak or empty, they're not allowed to fill it up.

They've filled it knowing it has a leak. So they've broken the law.

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06-20-2015, 11:37 AM

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They said there was no leak and that I should see a specialist. I can't see anything anywhere.

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06-20-2015, 11:52 PM

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Mine did something similar last year, regas, but still not cold. Was already at an air con specialist for the regas, and they ended up replacing the compressor (clutch was seized) and the condenser(nicely corroded), but now I've got nice, freezing cold air (not that it's been really necessary so far this year)