It's the only thing on my car that doesn't work and that I've mever felt worth getting fixed, tbh. I only use the car about two or thee times a month and, perhaps as a result of it being white and therefore frelecting most of the heat, combined with the sunroof, I've just never found myself wishing I had the a/c in action.
Air Con
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bmnelsc
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I used to rely on the hands-free version - front vent windows. When opened a little - the wind rushing past would extract air from the cabin; when pushed right around - strong air flow directly on you. Funny - as technology advances (one piece front windows) we have to add more technology (air con) to compensate for the loss of functionality. P.S. I'm old - when one piece front windows started in the 70's - I wasn't a fan...ORIGINAL: George Elliott ... It involves opening the drivers side window, and resting one's right arm on the door card with your hand positioned between the A-Post and the Door mirror, to bring in a marvellous supply of cool air. [] George 944t
George Elliott
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Its been unusually hot here in Ireland today, and I was using my backup Air Con as the OE kit needs re-charging.
Just wondering how many of you resort to the same.
It involves opening the drivers side window, and resting one's right arm on the door card with your hand positioned between the A-Post and the Door mirror, to bring in a marvellous supply of cool air. []
George
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Just wondering how many of you resort to the same.
It involves opening the drivers side window, and resting one's right arm on the door card with your hand positioned between the A-Post and the Door mirror, to bring in a marvellous supply of cool air. [
]George
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924nutter
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I do miss the A/C as the dried air helps to demist the plastic rear window, but the cabriolet roof goes one better than the removable panel. just one drawback very fumy in traffic with the roof down. I am told that if you go to the trouble of changing all the seals and pipes (apparently the molecules of the latest spec refrigerants can bleed out through the older spec pipes) the A/C will not be as good as it was because the latest gasses have a higher boiling point than the good old cfcs and thus require larger evaporators to produce the same temperature drop.
Indi9xx
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My white turbo is 28 years old, is running the original parts throughout, although all the seals are converted to R134a compatible ones and it all works as it should, I do give it an AC service every spring when it comes out of hibernation, but it often has only lost 100 grams of refrigerant over the year, which means it could probably go two years between top ups. Every year I expect the condensor to eventually start to leak after 28 years of being exposed out the front of the car, but it is still hanging in there. Blows really nice and cold, on a 35 degree day it can get the cabin down to 18 degrees. It might not be quite as quick to get the temperature down as it might have on R12, or as quickly as say a Boxster or modern 911.. But then again they do have two massive condensors on the front and no where near as much glass letting in infra red radiation or cabin space to cool. I never used to be bothered by AC, but these days I would not be without it in the summer or winter, but then again I am getting on a bit Don't think the gas can make it through the aluminium pipes.. Maybe the hoses which I can believe, but even the modern hoses suffer from this as R134a does indeed have smaller molecules than R12, and even new Porsche require an air con service every two years at most.
I'm led to believe that with the right lubricant circulating it coats the inside of the pipes and prevents the refrigerant migrating through the hoses... My old Turbo lasted I think it was about 4-5 years working perfectly on R134A or whatever it is, and only had a problem after the car was stood up (cured by a regas), but the car was run up, and aircon used regularly - another good excuse to use the car regularly. []
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scam75
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Duracool-12a-natural-organic-refrigerant-substitute-R12-amp-R134a-6ozcan-/261405309345?_trksid=p2054897.l4275#ht_583wt_749 So what's the deal with this type of thing? Anybody tried anything like R12 replacement or equivalent? I have what seems like a gass-less working a/c system. Still original R12. Have always wanted to get it re-charged and see what happens in case I get lucky! Could you chuck this in and give it a bash? Cheers Stuart
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