Air Con Help

[Andy Vesely]

Got my s2 Elise in March fully loaded (for a lotus) and it's been great so far. However today after getting 3 points on my car licence!!! (Damn it) My air con stopped working, had the same with my old s2 exige, button lights up and nothing (condenser doesn't fire up) all fans work and the air is just ambient temperature blowing through.

 

I've checked the fuses related to air con and they are fine. Any ideas for what next confused as my old exige didn't work due to a botched repair this has worked for the last 6 months ice cold? (My old exige was the pipes in the sill and so a scary amount of money under warranty)

 

Thanks

 

(Ps car is not in warranty so hopefully avoid the dealers)

[un1eash]

Could be low on gas, you can bridge the trinary valve under the front inspection panels to test that everything else is working ok.

[Andy Vesely]

Cool bridge it? How? Is it likely to just start leaking or just a slow leak that I will need to re gas every 6 months

[Martin R]

There is a pressure switch on air con systems to detect the amount of gas present. If its low the system will not start. 9 times out of 10 this is the problem.

 

You need to get the leak found and repaired and the system re gassed probably.