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960 Air-Con... Tell me its not dead again

Hi.

I probably posted this last year (and maybe the year before... because every April we're greeted with a non-functional A/C in our 960)

Apparantly our A/C isn't working (I haven't looked into it too much yet, was busy working on my Golf today) - last year a pipe was replaced, we were told it's not leaking anywhere anymore, and we should be good to go... The year before they threw in leak stop and we were good for a year... Leak was too bad last year.

Now it was only 17C today, and we asked the car for 21C (its a black interior... it was probably 30C in there)

Now the fan just came on really strong on Auto, and with even more vigor when the AC switch was pushed (and the recycled air kicked on) but the ice cold air never came on.... Is the car just not allowing the A/C to come on because the outside air is cool enough, or is the system out of coolant again (I haven't checked to see if the A/C clutch was kicking on and off, but I couldn't hear it cycling with the hood closed).

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Rob Guenther
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It's dead again, probably the refrigerant has leaked out. Functioning A/C will come back on above 5°C, cooler if the interior is heated up on a sunny day.

To check, turn on the A/C, and if the clutch is not turning (and I'll bet it isn't), remove the electrical connector from the switch on the receiver-drier and short the wires together (don't damage the terminals). If the clutch engages, then the only other possibility is the switch is defective (very unlikely).

This is the problem with A/C on older cars - you have a bunch of components, all at the end of their design life, failing one after another.

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