If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has grown to be an almost required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Mini Mini isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Mini Mini from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mini Mini NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Mini Mini is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mini Mini air con
One of the fairly basic clues that can inform you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this malfunction, we recommend you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mini Mini.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mini Mini
One of the other symptoms that can notify you to a not working air conditioner is that you feel 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 indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to identify without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mini Mini
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mini Mini is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different origins 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 concern: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Mini Mini THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important causes of a Mini Mini air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, supposing 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 performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Mini Mini, don’t think twice to check out our dedicated content 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 Mini Mini costs about 500 euros with labor.
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