Hi folks.
2 days ago, my aircon emitted some strange noises and then, no more cold air. Brought it to the aircon shop and they pumped some kinda dye into the system and told me to come back when the aircon stops blowing out cold air again.
I drive with the aircon working fine. The next time I jumped into the car a few hours later, no more cold air. So the next day, I brought it back to the aircon shop. They used some kinda ultra violet torch to look for traces of dye that might have leaked out from any of the hoses/compressor/condenser, ala CSI, complete with goggles and all!
They could not see anything externally and determined it's the most common BMW aircon problem: the coil.
For those who don't know, all BMW's have their aircon coils BEHIND the dashboard. To replace this thing, the whole dashboard has to come out of the car. A big job indeed.
I dropped by the workshop one day later to check on the progress and saw something quite rare. A stripped out E46. So I snapped a few pictures just for the fun of it to share...
Leaking coil
Close up of the leaking section
The new coil
Filter removed
Parts of the dash chucked behind on the rear seats
No dashboard!
Aircon works fine now. No squeaks from the dash either. A job well done. Better be for $900!
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2 days ago, my aircon emitted some strange noises and then, no more cold air. Brought it to the aircon shop and they pumped some kinda dye into the system and told me to come back when the aircon stops blowing out cold air again.
I drive with the aircon working fine. The next time I jumped into the car a few hours later, no more cold air. So the next day, I brought it back to the aircon shop. They used some kinda ultra violet torch to look for traces of dye that might have leaked out from any of the hoses/compressor/condenser, ala CSI, complete with goggles and all!
They could not see anything externally and determined it's the most common BMW aircon problem: the coil.
For those who don't know, all BMW's have their aircon coils BEHIND the dashboard. To replace this thing, the whole dashboard has to come out of the car. A big job indeed.
I dropped by the workshop one day later to check on the progress and saw something quite rare. A stripped out E46. So I snapped a few pictures just for the fun of it to share...
Leaking coil
Close up of the leaking section
The new coil
Filter removed
Parts of the dash chucked behind on the rear seats
No dashboard!
Aircon works fine now. No squeaks from the dash either. A job well done. Better be for $900!
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