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[tooleater]

On Thursday I took the motor to Serek to have Hbv replaced. Job done all good. On my journey back down the A1, I decided to stick the temperature in low, which is a pointless exercise as air con is shot and to be honest it's never been on my to do list. But as I switched into low setting there was a brief groan from behind the dash, never heard that before either and to my surprise the air coming from the face vents started cooling,   although not ice cold the air con continued to deliver cooling, well to a degree, albeit short lived until I switched back over to high.
How could that be guys ? Judging by the state of the condenser I would thought that the system would be devoid of any gas or the very least gone to increase the hole in the Ozone layer. I'm sure its not my imagination or maybe it was 

[Doctor Gollum]

Engine running, open the bonnet.

On the climate panel press ECO so that it shows on the display.

Under the bonnet, the centre of the aircon pulley (bottom right as you look at it) will be stopped.

Press ECO again so that it is gone from the display and look under the bonnet again. The centre of the pulley should be spinning if the aircon has enough gas to work.

The aircon side of things will work regardless of cabin temperature settings. Reading the manual is actually quite informative with regards to the climate control as it's a bit cleverer than the controls suggest

[tooleater]

Once again DG thanks for your input and suggestions, you have a very good knack of simplifying things.