If you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has become an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Opel Adam isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Opel Adam from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Opel Adam NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Opel Adam is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Opel Adam air con
One of the fairly general indicators that can alert 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 only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this malfunction, we advise you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Opel Adam.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Opel Adam
One of the other indicators that can alert you to a not working 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 verify for any suspicious 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 spot without complex 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 some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Opel Adam
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Opel Adam 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 works:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will cause the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Opel Adam THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to discover the main triggers of a Opel Adam air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Opel Adam, don’t hesitate to look at our focused on 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 auto 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, including 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 Opel Adam costs about 500 euros with labor.
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