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Blake Davies
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Factory 5sp TT

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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 11:49 am, by:  Blake Davies (Boss_da_man) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello

I just got my aircon regased. (I had a pressure test done before it go regased.)

It work fine from the day it was done (It was ICE cold). than i park my soarer in my shed for a day. To fix my door trims. And the next day i had to drive somewhere. guess what the aircon isn't working. I cant feel any cold air at all.
Matt Petersen
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V8

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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 01:17 pm, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Can you see if the compressor clutch is kicking in?

There are a number of inputs to the climate ECU that will stop the clutch from engaging.

Matt.
Ryan Rankovic
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Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL

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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 02:35 pm, by:  Ryan Rankovic (Ryan1j) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

have you taken it back to the place that regassed your aircon?
Blake Davies
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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:12 pm, by:  Blake Davies (Boss_da_man) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Matt Petersen wrote on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 01:17 pm:

Can you see if the compressor clutch is kicking in?

There are a number of inputs to the climate ECU that will stop the clutch from engaging.

Matt.




I'm not sure yet... how do you tell?
Drew Rechner
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South Australia
JZZ30 TT

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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:54 pm, by:  Drew Rechner (Drew1jz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Blake mate it sounds like you have a serious leak. When they refill the gas they place a dye in it and check with an ultra vilot light for leaks. They may have missed it. Best bet is that you take your car back to where you had it done and get them to check again for leaks. The only problem is, is that if you have a leak they will re charge you to fill it again.
Shaun Chiew
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Soarer TT

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Monday, October 13, 2008 - 09:44 pm, by:  Shaun Chiew (Senk9) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had a leak in my Cressy that emptied it in 2 days. It was a big leak in the evaporator core (in the box located inside the dash). I bought a new core from a wrecker, fitted it and re-gassed it and now it's still cold 1 year later. Keep in mind this is after they ran the UV light around the engine bay and couldn't find it, so if your leak is in one of the hoses/o-rings in the engine bay piping, then that will be easier.

Good luck!
Matt Petersen
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 04:11 am, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you look at the face of the compressor you should be able to tell the difference when it kicks in. Get someone inside the vehicle to turn on the AC whilst the motor is running and it should be obvious.

Matt.
Andrew Ferres
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WA
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 02:11 pm, by:  Andrew Ferres (Peewee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Drew Rechner wrote on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:54 pm:

When they refill the gas they place a dye in it and check with an ultra vilot light for leaks



That dye only works for slow leaks (like 2-4 weeks minimum).

If it empties basically over night, then they'll need to pressurise the system and go over every joint with soapy water until they find the leak.

If they can't find the leak then there is a good chance its in the evaporater itself (ie, behind the dash). I have heard of quite a few Tx valves leaking.
Blake Davies
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 08:19 pm, by:  Blake Davies (Boss_da_man) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ok. thanks..

how hard is to take out the evaporater ?
James Harris
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 08:43 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

its behind and kinda under your glove box. If you have ever changed/washed your AC filters you would have seen the very bottom of it.

AS for taking the sucker out.. i wouldnt try and cross that bridge till i REALLY had to
James Harris
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 08:59 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Below are some heater core jobs just to get your blood pumping hehe

http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/31680/55434.html

http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/284/11788.html
Steven Anderson
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NSW
UZZ31 Manual

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Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 07:15 pm, by:  Steven Anderson (Cusscuss) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

take it back to the place that did it!

took them 2 gos to get mine right, but they found all the leaks and sorted it out.

Its not always easy to get it all straight away.
Michael Brogefjord
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NSW
UZZ32

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Friday, February 06, 2009 - 01:16 pm, by:  Michael Brogefjord (Michaelb) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Steven,

I'm looking for a good air cond place to regas and check the a/c on my Soarer. Do you remember where you took yours?

Thanks & Regards,
Michael
Steven Roduner
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Friday, February 06, 2009 - 01:59 pm, by:  Steven Roduner (Steve89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Blake, I had a similar problem to yours. Turns out I had two leaks. One being the TX valve o ring where it joins the evaporator core and the evaporator itself was leaking.
I bought a new TX valve as it was stuffed and got a second hand evaporator core from a member on here. I had the whole thing changed over in a couple of hours. Not a hard job, just a little fiddley in places.
I will be getting the aircon tested and gassed this week so fingers crossed they were right with their original diagnostics and my hard work paid off.
Tim Loring
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NSW
Soarer TT

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Friday, February 13, 2009 - 04:09 pm, by:  Tim Loring (Seamonsta) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just had my aircon regassed and new dryer/receiver done by Roy from R & S Security (alarms and Aircon) double checked everything and came to my house to do it as well. He is in the Hills area of Sydney, 0438 445 016, I like to acknowledge good service and thats what I got from Roy - very happy.
Tim
Daniel Clarke
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Friday, February 13, 2009 - 04:14 pm, by:  Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tim how much did it cost mate ?
Chris Round
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Soarer TT JZZ30

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Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 10:17 pm, by:  Chris Round (Hermie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow I had this same problem . . . . got mine regassed, and about a week later it stopped again. Got the same place to check it out for me, it was a faulty valve (they didn't actually go into it) and they had to get a second hand one. Said it wouldn't cost too much, and yet I just got the invoice the other day for $490 to regas and replace faulty valve.

Sucks!

But I have had icy cold air con for summer, so I suppose I got what I paid for!

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