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AIR CON LEAK?

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gords:
Well, I'm not the only one then!

We set off (very late :( ) to the Eastnor show on Saturday - air con at full blast (very nice 8) ).

Driving along the M4, I notice what appears to be smoke coming out of the middle dash vents :?  No smell? Not hot, air con still working?! I turned off the air con and the smoke (?) slowly stopped. Switched it back on and out came the smoke (?) again ... :-k

Everyone (yes, even the kids :roll: ) start looking around the car for other signs of smoke. I can see some by your feet daddy ... air con off, take next exit :shock:

After taking the center console out ('kin heck!), I could see a couple of pipes going into the transmission tunnel - I crawled under the car (jolly easy with 1" lift and 235/85's  :lol: ) and found a rubber "thing" with a hole. Well, I wiggled and poked and pulled and ... got an arm covered in mukky water as the "thing" came off and the blocked water poured out.

Round to the other side - same story! But I was ready for the mukky water this time!

I put it all back together (cleaned up my arms) and set off again. This time, no smoke from the vents \:D/

beast5680:
you got it gords they get dust and dirt in them then the moisture from the aircon helps glue it all together and blocks them backing the water up into the drip tray until it gets blown through the system out the vents

gords:

--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---you got it gords they get dust and dirt in them then the moisture from the aircon helps glue it all together and blocks them backing the water up into the drip tray until it gets blown through the system out the vents
--- End quote ---

Ideally, not the sort of thing you want to find out about while parked up in some pub car park, somewhere in Slough :roll:  :lol:

TimM:
I'm running my aircon a lot at the moment (hooray its summer  :D ), but it doesn't get anywhere near as cold as in my car, also I haven't noticed any puddles underneath (yet)....

I'm suspecting that it is playing up or just simply not working - Can anybody suggest anywhere/anybody I can take it to in the East Midlands?

Or indeed anywhere?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim.

gords:
It might need re-gassing?

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