If your aircon....

[Renegade]

...starts blowing hot air (literally) while smelling of some metallic-tinged rotten fish, first, turn off your aircon. Chances are what you're inhaling is the refrigerant that's somehow leaking into the aircon system. Which, incidentally, is rather unhealthy, to say the least.

 

Mine did, recently, and the cause was traced to a corroded cooling coil that had to be replaced.

 

Got the job done (removed, replaced all within 4 hours - coil comes with a 1 year warranty) by one chirpy Peter Seat (interestingly enough) who also fixed back my glovebox a whole lot better than the now-defunct dealer ever could.

 

Well, here's something Fluffy won't be encountering in his car.

[Tarzan666]

Hmm..experienced the same ting..wen we went on a long trip...

we turned off the aircon...send 2 a car shop..they added more refrigerant gas...

[RadX]

If your air-con is on, but no air comes out...check the resistor...most prolly kaput

[Renegade]

Hmmm....that's interesting. If you can actually smell the fishy metallic gas, there's a chance a leak's occurred (happened in my friend's old e36 once, too) so you might want to check for that along the way.

 

If it's just warm/hot air blowing (assuming you're on a mk4 VAG), it may be the temp sensor or (more commonly) wrongly-rated fuse that's blown

[Renegade]

That's if you're a bimmer....

 

Btw, saw the red sds100 z4m on sunday (the one they used for the papers review) - sounds

Edited August 15, 2006 by Renegade

[Tashi]

hi bro

What about if the aircon seems fine, but has a ticking sound? Our next 15k servicing is up soon, so will get that fixed or checked at the very least. But meanwhile, checking if the Skoddie/VAG bros here know anything about it? It is a Skoda Superb btw.

 

bless

tashi

[Renegade]

If you're sure it's the aircon, check the fan. Probably nothing serious unless the noise gets too noiceable over time - may be some stuff getting stuck in the fan. If a crunching noise happens (followed by debris coming out of the vents), turn off the aircon immediately. It could have been insulating foam getting into the fan.

[Tashi]

our next 15k coming up, so think will ask the workshop to check it. There isn't any debris dropping out, nor crunching noise. Just a light ticking sound. Some bros ever mentioned coolant and such, and you mentioned the fan. So will get the mechs to check those soon.

 

thanks bro!

tashi

[Alvskh]

my air con is having similar problems. first it was only the 2 side outlet blowing cold air with the centre ones blowing hot air with some smell, not sure if it smells fishy

 

went to servo and they top up my gas and was advised that suspected coil maybe leaking. will like to seek 2nd opinion. may i know where dod u get ur checekd and fix and how much is it ?

 

Thanx in advance !

[Highwaycode]

Try Markcool Auto Air-Con for a second opinion at

106 Woodland Ind Park E, Tel: 6367-7666 Ah Yong or Ah Huat.

 

Had my aircon serviced and repaired by them. Good workmanship and price.

Think Markcool one of the largest air-con service workshop in S'pore.

[Alvskh]

thanx highwaycode. Will go consult them......

 

i have been topping up gas every other 3 -4 days.

 

[Pisces69]

Wow. Top up every 3-4 days means a serious leak in the system.

 

No point keep topping up gas. Might as well get it fixed.

 

Go to Markcool. They rox. See Ah Huat. Real nice guy. No cheating or overcharging.

 

I been using them for abt 10 years now. So far, they never disappointed me.

[Taikc]

If you still have problem, and stay near Bukit Batok area Midview Building. I came across this shop, good workmanship (solo worker) but you can stick around to see the whole process. Drop me email if you need the contacts.

[Fitzy]

Mine does blow hot air and smells funny when i turn on the aircon after parking for a few hours. It lasted about 3-5sec, when the compressor kicks in then everything back to normal. Mine ride is abt 7mths. Is there anything wrong with my aircon or is it normal?

[Taikc]

Looks like the fan area or the cooling coils could be dirty or mouldy. If you haven't had the air con service you can asked them to sevice the cooling coil, normally is under the dashboard or the left side of the front passenger seat. The recommeded servicing is every years. Rough cost is about $50-65 for this cleaning.

[Ikeehc]

some cars come with microfilter which can be replaced. well, at least that's the case for my little nissan...

[Fitzy]

Thanks bros, I did change my aircon filter during the 10k servicing and also clean the filter regularly (2-3wks). Already planning to service my aircon annually.

[Fortress]

This generally happens due to lack of freon gas...and excessive speed when travelling...