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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:55 am 
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Starting a new thread, to save confusion, continued from here

The climate control on my black JDM ST205 blows lovely & cold for a few minutes, then just blows ambient air......


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:00 am 
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@asdrewq - I haven't checked when turning the whole car off & on again, but certainly turning off the aircon & back on again doesn't help

@Nibbles - Yes, the new pump was fitted by a trusted aircon specialists, with all the proper A/C safety gear..... interesting comment about the fans, though - I'll take a look at that

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:27 pm 
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Did a bit more investigation tonight - ran the car, with the A/C on "full cold" and blowing at max. This time it didn't even chill the air for a few minutes, it just blew ambient from the start.

Now, am I correct in thinking that in this situation, the condenser fan would be blowing continuously while the AC was switched on? When I looked it wasn't moving - it was free to spin, but showed no interest in moving, even with a flick of encouragement. I left the engine running at idle for a while to get it up to full temperature, but still no sign of life from either of the fans

Time to start checking fuses & relays I reckon...... might run a supply direct to the fan, just to confirm it does still run :wink:

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:18 pm 
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I'll check the behaviour on mine on Thursday when I'm next in the office.

The things I know that inhibit aircon:
Turning the fan off (as in heater fan).
Lack of aircon fluid (comes from a pressure sensor).

I would expect some sort of interlock on over-temperature, whether it be temperature, pressure or a fan interlock. Not investigated this though.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:46 pm 
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I seem to remember that if it was below 8c it won't work I wonder if the temp sensor is faulty and telling it its to cold to run


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:59 pm 
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I'll post a link to my private dropbox and it has chassis manual in pdf format in this manual is the repair and stuff relating to the AC


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:59 pm 
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2hzv0k9mapl5 ... 9.pdf?dl=0

Hope this helps


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:20 am 
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And this one you will need also buddy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4n6w7w938j4w9 ... 9.pdf?dl=0


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:53 am 
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Thanks Bazross!! The second of those two look especially interesting with it's AC fault-finding table :)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:00 am 
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dunk1302 wrote:
Thanks Bazross!! The second of those two look especially interesting with it's AC fault-finding table :)

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No worries hope you get it sorted


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