crespo
TAF Member
I was driving along the M3 last week with the climate on and noticed that it suddenly stopped so i ***umed it had run out of gas so thought to myself i would get it re gassed at the weekend.
After going to a air con guy who took a look at it he came back to me and said my compressor had seized that will be £500 please. Now i would have said fine no problem had i not been using the aircon at the time it stopped working because surely if it had seized while in use there would have been plenty of smoke and possibly a shagged power steering belt due to that being what turns the thing.?
I am a little sceptical with the diagnosis for this reason and don't want to shell out £500 without a second opinion. Now he may well be correct and it may have seized but i am not so sure.
If i understand correctly the aircon will stop working if the gas is low to protect the system from killing itself as a fail safe. He did show me that there was pressure in the system but i am thinking that it is just low and the compressor will not start for this reason.
Anybody know how i can check if it is seized or have any opinions before i take the car for a second opinion.???
After going to a air con guy who took a look at it he came back to me and said my compressor had seized that will be £500 please. Now i would have said fine no problem had i not been using the aircon at the time it stopped working because surely if it had seized while in use there would have been plenty of smoke and possibly a shagged power steering belt due to that being what turns the thing.?
I am a little sceptical with the diagnosis for this reason and don't want to shell out £500 without a second opinion. Now he may well be correct and it may have seized but i am not so sure.
If i understand correctly the aircon will stop working if the gas is low to protect the system from killing itself as a fail safe. He did show me that there was pressure in the system but i am thinking that it is just low and the compressor will not start for this reason.
Anybody know how i can check if it is seized or have any opinions before i take the car for a second opinion.???