Air-con problems on 2002 VX Commodore S2 executive

[stilli1988]

Hello everyone.
I'm a bit confused about the air-conditioner problem in my car.
Firstly, the problem is that when it's on recycle, not much air is coming through.

Took it in and the guy at the shop looked under the glove box and said he would need to take the whole dash out and would cost $1600-$2000 for labor + part.

A friend of mine said it was the pollen filter which is behind the glove box.

Any ideas of what I should do? Can't afford $2000 for a fix.


TIA for your replies, Steven

 

[edals]

VX doesn't have a pollen filter.

the evaporator could be completely blocked causing the lack of air flow. Remove the fan under the glove box, stick your phone up inside and take a photo to get a clear picture of the evaporator.

Have a read here to help understand what to check.
https://forums.justcommodores.com.a...oning-evaporator-without-removing-dash.209935

 

[h8tensv6]

VX doesn't have a pollen filter.

the evaporator could be completely blocked causing the lack of air flow. Remove the fan under the glove box, stick your phone up inside and take a photo to get a clear picture of the evaporator.

Have a read here to help understand what to check.
https://forums.justcommodores.com.a...oning-evaporator-without-removing-dash.209935

The link to the other posts doesn't seem to be working.

 

[edals]

Seems to have gone missing since the forum update. See what if i can find it.

 

[edals]

Update, the link is now working, trying again.

 

[ichiban]

so is the air con actually cold?? what if you switch to windscreen mode, is there more airflow?
possible one of your vent motors not working.

 

[NeddyBear]

Gord, we've had ours for 7 years and this is the first I've heard of the pollen filter.
We live in the country and ours also blows not so good but still cold enough to cool the dogs on the 40 degrees day.
Anything between 10 and 35 and I don't even bother turning it on.
When we replace the engine shes getting a new compressor and the rest and overhaul so will be looking at the pollen filter and the fan.
Thanks for the suggestion guys.