Guest Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Hi All, Last week I saw a puff of 'smoke' or steam come through my vents with a clutchy smell accompanying it with the A/C on. This caused me to pull into the hard shoulder and turn the aircon off and wait a few minutes. All returned to normal and I haven't seen the problem again, however I was scared to turn the A/C on again incase it happened. Anyway.. I finally felt brave enough to hit the A/C button and nothing happened, there was no 'click' of the relay, the engine revs didn't change slightly, absolutely nothing. More importantly the air temp did not change. I checked the aircon pump and it is not engaging when the button is clicked.. it does not spin at all. Any ideas? Could this be related (surely it must be!)? - would this be a relay going or the pump failing? Thanks! Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip1993 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 No sound like you have a leak if all the gas has leaked out the pump/compressor will not engage you need someone to find the leak someone that knows what thay are doing Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, Phillip1993 said: No sound like you have a leak if all the gas has leaked out the pump/compressor will not engage you need someone to find the leak someone that knows what thay are doing Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk Thanks - I had it re-gassed at Kwik fit for £49 last week... think I can take it back and complain? Surely they have to pressure test the system before refilling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip1993 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thay will do something call a leak test wich is done in a vacuum at -1bar wich is not good enough to find small laeks if you find a specialist thay should do a pressure test at 10bar with ofn if you go back to kwik fit dont let them put die in it as some dies will f**k the compressor Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 @Phillip1993 Great, thanks a lot mate appreciate the help, I'll take it to a local specialist and then go complain to Kwik Fit once I have some proof that it's leaked completely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattiekane Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 The argument with the tests the majority of the machines do, is it tests the seals the wrong way, like@Phillip1993 said, it's a vac test not pressure test Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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