2001 diesel mondeo saloon - Air con failure

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Wed 3 Nov 2010 06:39
2001 diesel mondeo saloon - Air con failure - MOndo Josh

Air con has stopped working, what are the first things to check???

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Wed 3 Nov 2010 07:16
2001 diesel mondeo saloon - Air con failure - dadbif
Check there is sufficient gas in system, if you do not use the A/C on a fairly regular basis the seals dry out and gas is lost.
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Wed 3 Nov 2010 07:21
2001 diesel mondeo saloon - Air con failure - acornarms
hi check to see if the fueses are blown, is the switch lighting up and get the gas checked as it will not work without the right amount of gas
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Wed 3 Nov 2010 12:43
2001 diesel mondeo saloon - Air con failure - keithd

First of all you need to be sure that the clutch is actually engaging. Look at the compressor with the a/c switched on and check that the clutch plate engages and spins, then disengages and then engages again.

If it doesn't and you want to check that the compressor functions, then you could short the low level switch on the drier and see if it engages now. If you suspect it's low on gas then only switch on for enough time to check it engages so that you don't damage the compressor. If the condenser is the original then I suspect it's rusted away and the gas has leaked out.

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