Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Varche on 07 September 2016, 13:54:58
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Having apretty awful time motoring wise as my 4x4 aircon is luke warm again. Had it regassed in June and for a while it was acceptable. It is 40c again in the shade today.
Might have a second car fornext summer so probably not worth trying to have it fixed.
What might the expense be for overhauling the system? Just seals and a valve or two plus labour and 50 for a recharge afterwards? Or big ticket items? It looks to be a fairly basic system , no climate control or anything fancy. 14 years old.
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Very likely a leaky condenser which is right out front and vulnerable to stone damage,probably quiter expensive on a diesel jap though :'(
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How longs a piece of string.
Its generally not something you overhaul, more repair.
If its a slow leak then it could be seal (rare), filler valve or even the compressor shaft seal.
It could be a more spectacular failure though were a condenser or pipe has fractured.
Interesting to note that a common aircon pump (fitted to loads of makes including Astra's etc) also suffers a failure where a thermal fuse goes on the clutch coil, this usually results in replacement but, can actually be fixed, in-situ, without degassing the system!
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Leaky condensor? Stone damage ! Sounds very possible. It has got worse and worse since June. Gradual rather than suddenly. I could see it costing big
bucks euros to fix.
Might just put up with it and just use it as a workhorse around the campo.