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Volvo Air con issue ANYONE?Views : 1592 Replies : 22Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jun 3rd, 2019, 12:32 | #1 |
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Volvo Air con issue ANYONE?
Hi
I've got a newborn now and I've been putting up with my T5's intermittent air con for many years but this summer now means it's critical to me keeping the car! If the car is sat for an extended period, when I get in the air con works off the bat. If I stop or start the car without it being off for a long period, it doesn't work... Any ideas? I'm presuming its electrical as I know the systems in the car take a while to shut down and maybe theres an issue there? Anyone experience this? (may be connected)... The stereo kinda does the same. If I disconnect the battery sometimes when I reconnect it the stereo works perfectly, steering wheel controls and screen all fine. switch the car of and on and eventually the screen no longer shows (still works tho) and the steering wheel controls stop working. This can be fixed by disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it (for a while at least)... I really want to keep the T5 but these gremlins are putting too much pressure on me to sell because of the new little one (that and the fact I can't really afford to buy another car). Any advise or experience more than welcome! Thanks in advance! Dave |
Jun 3rd, 2019, 12:50 | #2 |
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Jun 3rd, 2019, 13:31 | #3 |
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+1 to Cheshired5.
I used cable ties, some years ago and it still works a charm. PS: out of recent ones: still trying to find some time to plug Vida in and run the tests..
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Did you have to measure the cable ties? He's quite specific about depth of the shims. just regular thin cable ties? dave |
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If your gap is comfortably within tolerance, your fault may be elsewhere. If you don't reduce the gap enough or if you do it too much, you've wasted your time and with the accuracy being tenths of a mm there's no one size fits all fix. The principle is the same though.
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Jun 4th, 2019, 12:38 | #6 |
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Another shim commonly used are flat plastic closures found on bread.
Just make sure you get 3 which are the same. |
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