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 Post subject: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:04 am 
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My aircon in my AU is being temperamental,and only working at random times, ie it will blow nice cold air for various periods of time then will blow normal air. I don't know anything about the working of aircon but was thinking possible slipping of the compressor pulley? Anyone with knowledge in this area be able to she'd done light possible causes?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:07 am 
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She could be low on gas.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:17 am 
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Is the car a Fairmont ?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:21 am 
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Gas was refilled and checked 2 days ago by mechanic and didn't find any leaks. It's a forte with manual aircon

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:22 pm 
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are your fans working when a/c is on?? if there is to much heat in the condensor or pump it will shut a/c off untill temp drops
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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:24 pm 
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Does it only die when you accelerate, i know you said random, but still.... My XG does something similar, but settles down when you get up to cruising speed. Mine just dies in the a** when your accelerating... You hit a slight hill and push the accelerator a tiny bit for more go, and the aircon dies. A tiny push of the throttle kills my air con :cry:

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:33 pm 
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ive just notice with my aircon that my fans dont kick in when the a/c is turn on so maybe yours is something like this aswell. im not sure in the fans have different speeds on them but im pretty sure ive heard them working awhile back. im not sure where to start looking first on these things?

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:51 pm 
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Fans work as aircon comes on. Is happening at complete random times, wish there was a pattern, would give me a start to troubleshoot

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:54 pm 
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Does the aircon light turn off after a while . Mine used to do the same thing would work for a while then the light would turn off and aircon would just blow air , tried all the fixes like putting paper in the switch to keep it on and then just fixed the problemby pulling it apart and repairing it.
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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:48 pm 
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Problem seems to have worked it self out, aircons working fine now,

 

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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:52 am 
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for anyone having issues ie: the dude that said when he accelerates the aircon craps out, if the system is a vacuum operated system check that the vacuum operated valve situated usually under dash or running from just off motor then into firewall is working correctly, missus's **cough** crapadore *cough* i mean commadore (calais) was doing the exact same thing then it decided it wanted to start changing vents on its own too only when accelerating, replaced car problem gone lol ( i wish ) na new valve all good
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 Post subject: Re: Sooky aircon,
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:28 pm 
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Turns out my problem was activator, engine gets to hot and it overheats

 

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