Air-conditioning

["Trevor Turner" <ytt105@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have noted a trend in postings concerning air-con, that many of you 
don't seem to get sufficient cold from your units.

A friend of mine makes his living servicing air-con for all types of 
transport. (You should hear him tell you how he MAKES a complete system 
for a Catterpillar D10.) Anyway, over the years he has had to do work on 
my cars, being Citroens, Alfas and BMW's and has discovered that most 
Eurpoean cars imported into Australia have had there thermostats set to 
about 5 to 8 degrees. Australian cars have there thermostats set to 1 
degree.

He has made many people happy by improving their air-con performance by 
simply readjusting the thermostat when they had previously spent 
squillions at dealers to no avail.

I would suggest that the actual operational parameters, (ie. what temp 
does it turn and what temp does it turn off) of you thermostats be 
evaluated first in any air-con work.

I have only ever had to replace, or adjust, thermostats to repair 
air-con problems.

By the way, if any of you live in Canberra, Australia let me know for 
the name of a great air-con service guy who will come to you.



Regards from DownUnder
Trevor Turner
Canberra Australia
1986 735i BMW
1976 Alfetta 1.8 sedan
1967 Alfa Guilia Sprint GTV


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