If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Master isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Renault Master from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Master NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Renault Master is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Master air con
One of the fairly basic indications 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 lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this malfunction, we recommend you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Master.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Master
One of the other signs that can alert 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 verify for any suspect 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 tricky to spot without complex mechanical skills, 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 down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Renault Master
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Master 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 concern: This will trigger the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Renault Master THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the main triggers of a Renault Master air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different 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, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Master, don’t think twice to look at our focused on content on this subject matter.
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, 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 Renault Master costs about 500 euros with labor.
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