Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has grown to be an almost mandatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Bmw Serie 1 F21 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Bmw Serie 1 F21 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Bmw Serie 1 F21 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Bmw Serie 1 F21 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Bmw Serie 1 F21 air con
One of the fairly basic indicators that can warn you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Bmw Serie 1 F21.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Bmw Serie 1 F21
One of the other symptoms that can warn you to a failing air conditioner is that you experience a strange noise is coming on when you turn on your air conditioner (feel free to approach the vents to check for any dubious noise). This noise could show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to identify without advanced mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Bmw Serie 1 F21
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Bmw Serie 1 F21 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different roots of an air conditioning system that no longer functions:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Bmw Serie 1 F21 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important causes of a Bmw Serie 1 F21 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Bmw Serie 1 F21, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon article on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Replacing the air conditioning clutch: you will need to spend around 150 euros for parts and around 100 euros more for labour.
Searching for and repairing an air conditioning leak: depending on the position of the leak it will cost you more or less, count on average 150/200 euros, counting the air conditioning refill.
Replacement of an air conditioning condenser: you will need to count about 200 euros.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Bmw Serie 1 F21 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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