I'm going to add to this aircon thread instead of starting a new one if that's ok.
Just got a 120 LC4, and I noticed before buying the AC pulley wasn't spinning, even with the AC light solid on the dash.
Dealer said it needed a regas, which was then done as part of my purchase.
On collecting the car, pulley still didn't spin, with dash AC light still solid. Pipes around the pulley were warm to the touch, ie no cooling effect. Cue whinging customer (me).
Here's the weird bit - I found that pushing the warmup button (and therefore raising the idle speed) lets the AC pulley clutch lock up and spin the compressor quite happily.
Reading the handbook doesn't make me any the wiser - should I expect the AC compressor to run at idle without the warmup button on in cool (sub 10 degrees) weather?
Many thanks, Andy
Just got a 120 LC4, and I noticed before buying the AC pulley wasn't spinning, even with the AC light solid on the dash.
Dealer said it needed a regas, which was then done as part of my purchase.
On collecting the car, pulley still didn't spin, with dash AC light still solid. Pipes around the pulley were warm to the touch, ie no cooling effect. Cue whinging customer (me).
Here's the weird bit - I found that pushing the warmup button (and therefore raising the idle speed) lets the AC pulley clutch lock up and spin the compressor quite happily.
Reading the handbook doesn't make me any the wiser - should I expect the AC compressor to run at idle without the warmup button on in cool (sub 10 degrees) weather?
Many thanks, Andy