Afternoon All,
Hope you're all well. Just stumbled across an issue I am having with the A/C on my 2001 S3. It appears that whilst at a stand still (with the car on), the temperature of the blowers is very mild as opposed to the very cold air I would expect. However, when on the move (around 20 MPH) the blowers spring back into the life, blowing freezing cold air again. Whilst coming to a standstill, the air remains cold for a few minutes and then returns back to the mild temperature again. I can confirm that there is Gas still in the system, as I had the system re-gassed again to no avail.
Now I have replaced the radiator fan fuses and can confirm that both Radiators spin when setting the climate control to 'LO'. Having done some research, people had mentioned the Compressor potentially having a bad earth connection (not 100% sure about this), or the Condenser (radiator?) requiring a good clean with a jet wash. Now, I am confused; initially I thought that the Compressor/Condenser are the same thing? Apparently not, or so I'm lead to believe.
Further more, using VCDS, it didn't mention any HVAC issues/codes.
Am I on the right track by trying to clean out the condenser/radiator (looks like a radiator to me)? Or is there something else that I am missing, or should potentially try?
Any help is appreciated. Many thanks.
- Lodhiz.
Hope you're all well. Just stumbled across an issue I am having with the A/C on my 2001 S3. It appears that whilst at a stand still (with the car on), the temperature of the blowers is very mild as opposed to the very cold air I would expect. However, when on the move (around 20 MPH) the blowers spring back into the life, blowing freezing cold air again. Whilst coming to a standstill, the air remains cold for a few minutes and then returns back to the mild temperature again. I can confirm that there is Gas still in the system, as I had the system re-gassed again to no avail.
Now I have replaced the radiator fan fuses and can confirm that both Radiators spin when setting the climate control to 'LO'. Having done some research, people had mentioned the Compressor potentially having a bad earth connection (not 100% sure about this), or the Condenser (radiator?) requiring a good clean with a jet wash. Now, I am confused; initially I thought that the Compressor/Condenser are the same thing? Apparently not, or so I'm lead to believe.
Further more, using VCDS, it didn't mention any HVAC issues/codes.
Am I on the right track by trying to clean out the condenser/radiator (looks like a radiator to me)? Or is there something else that I am missing, or should potentially try?
Any help is appreciated. Many thanks.
- Lodhiz.