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 necessary feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Porsche 911 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Porsche 911 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Porsche 911 NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Porsche 911 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Porsche 911 air con
One of the fairly general signs that can notify 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 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 browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Porsche 911.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Porsche 911
One of the other symptoms that can notify you to a malfunctioning 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 verify for any suspicious noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite tricky to notice without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are some possible causes for 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 Porsche 911
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Porsche 911 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Porsche 911 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the most important causes of a Porsche 911 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 complicated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, presuming 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 repair, clean the air conditioning of your Porsche 911, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated content page on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Changing 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: based 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Porsche 911 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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