Air Conditioning Dilemma

The ecm on your model will record and display some air con faults, it may even put the MIL lamp on.

So yes, a dealer or indeed most garages can read the fault codes, you can even do it yourself if you are handy.

A dealer would probably charge 40 quid upwards to read the codes and more to fix it.

There are about 6 fuses involved and umpteen relays, plus loads of sensors on one of those.

Most common fault on a vextra is loss of gas due to cracked pipes.

What pressure did the mechanic find (in bar or psi) ?

Mrcheerful

Ok, who had 16th April for the "first broken air con question" draw?

Si

I don't find that amusing or helpful!

Please accept my insincere apologies.

Si

Not you then ?

I think you're a bit late for that - I'm pretty sure the first one was way back in early to mid March.

In message , MrCheerful writes

Thanks for your guidance Mrcheerful. No it was not a loss of gas he was certain of that although I am not sure what pressure he found. He said there was more than adequate pressure. You talk about reading the codes . What equipment is required for this ? I was told that it is specialist piece of equipment( like a mini computer) that mainly dealers have ?

You can't guess at adequate pressure, it must be read witha set of gauges, if he didn't use gauges then get it into an air con regassing place, they have the equipment and knowledge.

it is possible to read your own codes, simplest way is a cheap code reader from a car shop, which will have a useful book explaining the use and diagnosis (about 30 quid)

Mrcheerful

I love global warming.

;)

Si

When you're filing your ad in 'Gay Mates', what are you going to use in place of GSOH ?

Andy