SV: [xj40] Air Con

Speaking of Air Conditioning.

I used a wire last week instead of the busted relay. At first, the engine began to run worse, but then I came back to it’s own usual self. After another 10 seconds, white smoke, or some kind of gas came out of the engine bay. Does this indicate that I did not have a leak before, but starting the Air Con created one?

Regards
Erik
1990 Sovereign 4.0

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Skickat: den 23 april 2003 21:58
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�mne: Re: [xj40] Air Con

In reply to a message from kevin_baynham@hotmail.com sent Sun 20 Apr 2003:

thanks for the replies, I’ll get down the garage and have a look–
kevin baynham
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In reply to a message from Erik Bergman Empir AB sent Fri 25 Apr 2003:

Erik,

Almost certainly. Welcome to the club! :slight_smile:

Don’t try running the compressor again until you check if there is
gas and oil in there.

I suggest you remove the aircon compressor drive belt before
starting the engine again in case the pulley bearing is dry /
knackered as mine was. It generated a lot of heat because it is
spinning all the time the engine is running. (I cut the belt off
because I intend to fit a new one anyway and the belt adjuster is a
pain to get at from below.)
With the belt off, get a wrench on to the centre nut on the front
of the compressor and see if you can turn the shaft easily
clockwise. If there is a lot of resistance or it seems to ‘snag’ as
you rotate it, suspect a compressor piston has broken / become
detached - as mine did.–
The original message included these comments:

I used a wire last week instead of the busted relay. At first, the engine began to run worse, but then I came back to it’s own usual self. After another 10 seconds, white smoke, or some kind of gas came out of the engine bay. Does this indicate that I did not have a leak before, but starting the Air Con created one?


Bryan N ('91 Sovereign)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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