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Gary Chasney
Tinkerer
western australia
GT-L 4.0V8

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Reg: 09-2006

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 Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 08:01 pm, by:  Gary Chasney (Pommie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Hi guys,
just popped the bonnet and noticed that one of the big pipes off the a/c is sort of frozen? i mean it is covered in white ice like stuff,

i checked to see if the compressor is working and it activates when the button is pressed and the air inside the car is cold?

many thanks
Ben Socratous
DieHard
SA
Iv'e started to put my interior back together!!!

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Reg: 07-2005

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 Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 08:14 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I am more than qualified to answer this after MANY fridge breakdowns at work!!!

What you're seeing is ice, simple as that. As the gas looses its compression trough the system, it cools down, lots. As today was reasonably humid, any exposed metal in the system, being that cold, will cause the moisture in the air to condensate and then freeze.

Simple eh?
Gary Chasney
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western australia
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 Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 08:18 pm, by:  Gary Chasney (Pommie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
thank god for that!
just been told my airbags are stuffed today, and then find this "problem"!!

oh what a joy owning a soarer
Ben Socratous
DieHard
SA
Iv'e started to put my interior back together!!!

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 Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 09:27 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Airbags shmarebags, if an 'operational' one doesn't engage when you prang the car at 80kph, then it probly aint worth havin!
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 01:07 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ben, I think he means the ones that hold the wheels on the ground.
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ 32 V8 Soarer #138

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 Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 08:52 pm, by:  Dan McColl (Hoon) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
It means it's working.

That's simple.

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