Air Con

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:41 pm

The Air Con on my 07 Elise seems to have packed in. It only really gets used for demisting the windscreen, so quite handy to have at this time of year.
I've checked the fuses, including the one in the passenger footwell and they are all fine.
The blue light on the air con switch comes on when pressed, but there is no change in idling revs (normally you can hear a slight decrease in revs). The fan and heater still work, but it takes an age to clear the windscreen now.
IIRC, it got an aircon service about 10 months ago. Not sure if this is relevant.
Any suggestions?

Post by **campbell** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:45 pm

Take the roof off?

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:13 pm

Get a nice chamois pad and keep it in the car

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:04 pm

Oh how I love the SE banter

Roof off - not when it's pishing down driving through Edinburgh in the dark in the middle of winter.
Already got a microfibre cloth which does the job. It's just a PITA and leaves smeers.
Roll on the summer. Can't be long now the days are getting longer

Post by **campbell** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:11 pm

Sorry, Duggie, just couldn't help it!

highlander · Post by **highlander** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:24 pm

I know that on my car the air-con works thru' the ECU so probably the same on yours.......I can loan you an OBD2 reader to check for fault codes although that might be a long shot.........but free!!......saying that I'm sure MMC won't be hard to deal with for "fault" diagnosis.

Dark · Post by **Dark** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:51 pm

Sounds like loss of aircon pressure which stops the compressor running.
Has your car had the aircon sill pipes replaced? The original items eventually corrode & leak, quite common on that vintage Elise & Exige.
Costs ~£800 to replace the pipes with the new version.

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:37 pm

Definitely no use taking technical advice from me but until you get it sorted this may help?
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sourc ... QGlbvGDbAA

George

PS if you want to know what a real pants window heater is like I can easily show you the defenders !!!!

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:40 pm

Due a service soon, so I'll get MMC to take a look.
£800

- I can live without AC at that price.
The heater/fan still work fine, so not a big major inconvenience.

Dark · Post by **Dark** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:35 pm

The only potential issue with not getting it fixed is that the aircon gas contains a lubricant for the compressor.
If the aircon isn't working then eventually the compressor could seize which will cost even more to fix in the future.
That's what Craig will tell you anyway!

a4drk · Post by **a4drk** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:35 pm

On my 2004 S2 Exige, the heater only blasts out hot air, it doesnt cool.
Air con doesnt work either. (but blue light comes on)

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