Alcyone
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- VY 2003 V6 Ecotec
Last summer the air con was fine just a bit lacking. Also the blower wasn't blowing 100% maybe just 50%. Pulled the blower out and cleaned it. Got it running nice again and also cleaned all the vents out best I could. Put blower back in it ran like a champ. Then went to get air con regassed and when in the shop, they said it 'might' have an issue with the transfer valve but it came good and worked fine while giving it a few revs. It would come good then not then good then not then good etc. On the drive home it kicked in and worked flawlessly for a few weeks. Other day I got in and the blower wouldn't do nothing. No low or high speed. I pulled it back out and plugged it into a battery and it worked fine. Voltage to blower in the car was fine too. Hooked it back up and everything went back to normal.
Then yesterday the whole system went back to the state it was in last summer. Not really blowing cold air and like the blower was only at 50%. I felt the air con line just before it comes into the car through the firewall and it was coldish but not freezing. Now today it's not even getting cold. Mum said she heard a strange grinding noise from behind the centre air vents when she turned the air con on so she turned it off. I never heard the noise though yesterday I heard like a deep whistling airy sound from behind there. I felt the air con line going from the compressor to the condenser (near the radiator) and it was so hot. Turned the air con off afraid of doing damage.
Place that did the work said they could take the gas back out (this is when we had the work done) and replace the transfer valve and then put the gas back in. How much would that cost do you reckon? But is that what the problem is? They have this big automated unit so I guess they can save the gas for us. They said we could take it back but didn't quote on prices except for the compressor.
Any thoughts on if this is the transfer vale, compressor, condensor...?? Would be good to have an idea before we went back as they quoted $900 for a compressor (Delphi 5yr warranty) which I can get off eBay exactly the same for $370 and fit myself if they take the gas out.
Then yesterday the whole system went back to the state it was in last summer. Not really blowing cold air and like the blower was only at 50%. I felt the air con line just before it comes into the car through the firewall and it was coldish but not freezing. Now today it's not even getting cold. Mum said she heard a strange grinding noise from behind the centre air vents when she turned the air con on so she turned it off. I never heard the noise though yesterday I heard like a deep whistling airy sound from behind there. I felt the air con line going from the compressor to the condenser (near the radiator) and it was so hot. Turned the air con off afraid of doing damage.
Place that did the work said they could take the gas back out (this is when we had the work done) and replace the transfer valve and then put the gas back in. How much would that cost do you reckon? But is that what the problem is? They have this big automated unit so I guess they can save the gas for us. They said we could take it back but didn't quote on prices except for the compressor.
Any thoughts on if this is the transfer vale, compressor, condensor...?? Would be good to have an idea before we went back as they quoted $900 for a compressor (Delphi 5yr warranty) which I can get off eBay exactly the same for $370 and fit myself if they take the gas out.