Mondeo with malfunctioning aircon

Jul 02, 2006 3 Replies
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My Mondeo ST24 is 'v' reg, about 65,000 miles, regularly serviced. Aircon symptons were : It would start by working fine when I switched the engine on and the air con on. Cold air quite quickly, light on as expected. Within a few minutes it would start producing a damp musty smell, then the air would turn warm, and the air con would no lnoger cool the air. Next day the same again.



I have taken it to a ford garage, they recharged it and they aso put in some dye to check for leaks and found nothing wrong. WHen i took it away from them they said it was now working and it seemed to be working when I first had it, but as said, it starts to fail after anywhere between 5 and about 20 minutes.



Any thoughts as to what could be going wrong with this? I would like to get some ideas before shelling out hundreds at the local ford.



thanks



dave



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If you could tell us the behaviour of the compressor clutch it would be a start.

Does the Mondy compressor have a superheat cut out switch? If so, this is the most likely.

Tim..

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Thanks for responding Tim, but I don't know about the compressor clutch. How would I find that out? I'll check out the compressor supr heat cut out.

Aga> > My Mondeo ST24 is 'v' reg, about 65,000 miles, regularly serviced.

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The cut out switch is on the back of the compressor, if fitted. You can easily meter (or use a test light) it to see if the switch is opening and cutting power to the clutch.

Its easy enough to see if the lack of cold air co-incides with the compressor stopping..

tim.

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