Wednesday, Dec 08, 2004 at 15:09
Angelo, I had simmilar experiences.
I had the same problem on 3 different cars.
The air con working perfectly and then suddenly starting to blow hot air. Usually after a few minutes it would come good again.
I was always towing a heavy trailer and problems would start when the temperatures came up to about 36 - 38C, but the cars temperature gauge always showed normal.
On a Patrol, the mechanic in Alice after checking a few things removed the relay and bridged out the connection. He advised me to keep my eyes on the temperature gauge and if it was getting hoter than normal to stop and let things cool down for a while.
It worked and the gauge never came up higher than normal.
On a LC 100, again towing a heavy trailer, the same problem. Mechanic in
Darwin told me that this was common with those vehicles, especially if the A/C has been serviced in the eastern or southern states. There was apparently a tendency to gas up the units to the higher end of the tolerance. He evacuated the gas and recharged the unit to just above the lower tolerance. No more problems.
Another time, again in a LC 100, the same problem. Mechanic in
Coober Pedy said and did exactly the same as the mechanic in
Darwin. Again, no more problems.
Apparently on the LC100 things work differently than on the Patrol and you can't just bridge out a relay.
Cheers,
Mike
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