Climate change
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:04 pm
Ok before you all slap your heads & think this is about greenhouse gasses (especially you R racers out there, you know who you are 
) this is not a crusade on behalf of the greens
So a couple of weeks ago I popped down to Bournemouth for my lil bros stag & during the trip I noticed that there were periods when it simply wasn't cold enough - I always drive at 18* or lower unless she's in the car in which case the dual mode gets hammered, but driving back from karting the climate wasn't cutting it
No probs I thought Walter was due a service & while he was in I got him re gassed & de bacteriaed thinking that would solve the issue
Not so
This weekend I drive him to my pals wedding cross country - the whole country & then a whole nother country to Tenby - gods own seaside town
Inspite of horrendous traffic courtesy of half term & the bank holiday weekend the AC was fine for two hours then it seemed to block up in the dash. I tried turning it to auto & it set at 22* - no use to me so I tried turning it off but only could stand five minutes at a time. Eventually I put it on full and after several minutes (5-10) the air started coming through cool at first then the "blockage" seemed to clear & the cold came back
It's pretty frustrating but I've never noticed it before as these are the two longest journeys I've done in him. I always drive with the air con on winter & summer & the recent re gas should have sorted any lost coolant as he's now pushing 5
Any of you guys got any ideas or experience of this kind of thing ??
) this is not a crusade on behalf of the greens So a couple of weeks ago I popped down to Bournemouth for my lil bros stag & during the trip I noticed that there were periods when it simply wasn't cold enough - I always drive at 18* or lower unless she's in the car in which case the dual mode gets hammered, but driving back from karting the climate wasn't cutting it
No probs I thought Walter was due a service & while he was in I got him re gassed & de bacteriaed thinking that would solve the issue
Not so
This weekend I drive him to my pals wedding cross country - the whole country & then a whole nother country to Tenby - gods own seaside town
Inspite of horrendous traffic courtesy of half term & the bank holiday weekend the AC was fine for two hours then it seemed to block up in the dash. I tried turning it to auto & it set at 22* - no use to me so I tried turning it off but only could stand five minutes at a time. Eventually I put it on full and after several minutes (5-10) the air started coming through cool at first then the "blockage" seemed to clear & the cold came back
It's pretty frustrating but I've never noticed it before as these are the two longest journeys I've done in him. I always drive with the air con on winter & summer & the recent re gas should have sorted any lost coolant as he's now pushing 5
Any of you guys got any ideas or experience of this kind of thing ??