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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Kieran on 23 June 2016, 15:12:25
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Took my Omega for aircon work today and apparently it is leaking into the car. Their detector picked it up. Apparently leaking under dash. Garage don't want to know as they reckon dash out job. Any ideas please.
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Didn,t realize they put perfume in it, :D Did a lady deliver it? ::)
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Very funny. Of course it should read aircon but at least you got a first reply in.
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IIRC there is a guide to fixing the dryer and seals on here under the maintenance section, I am sure some one can direct you to the thread :y
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Thanks hopefully someone will be along soon who has had this problem before. Of course it doesn't help when I am looking to drive the car to Slovakia next weekend where the temperature is over 30c at times and need aircon.
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Just heard from the garage. Apparently it's the evaporator that's leaking. They reckon anyway.
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There is an expansion valve hiden up behind the glove box area ,which is a PITA to get and and replace.
Mine was not working correctly on the previous Elite so had it replaced.Part is around £35 but lots of labour
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Open all 4 windows? :o
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That may be the cause as from looking on this site evaporators rarely fail. Really need to know how to access it. Suppose that failing would cause a leak into the cabin.
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Open all 4 windows? :o
Now that would be a fine way of getting rid of the Avon but rubbish for aircon or keeping the wife happy on our long journey.
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Duct tape?
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Any sensible advice please as to why it is leaking into car and how to fix it.
Cheers
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Sorry beats me, I have general knowledge but not specific to omegas, never saw enough of them when I worked for Vx
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Any sensible advice please as to why it is leaking into car and how to fix it.
Cheers
can you smell air con gas in cabin??
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No hasn't worked for awhile. The garage checked it out today and their detector picked up a gas leak in the cabin. Checked all other parts under bonnet no leaks but definitely one from the cabin.
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The normal expansion valve failure mode is for it to fail closed meaning little or no cooling, normal pressures around the system but no leaks. Clearly something is leaking in the cabin in this case, mind.
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That may be the cause as from looking on this site evaporators rarely fail. Really need to know how to access it. Suppose that failing would cause a leak into the cabin.
Nor do HGs on V6s but it happened to mine ;D ;D ;D
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That may be the cause as from looking on this site evaporators rarely fail. Really need to know how to access it. Suppose that failing would cause a leak into the cabin.
Nor do HGs on 3.2 V6s but it happened to mine which is a 2.5 ;D ;D ;D
Fixed ::)
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That's funny
I had mine regassed a few weeks ago and I got a funny smell in the cabin smelt like natural gas and got a whiff every so often. It's stopped now so I'll see if it stays cold
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Once your A/C is working you blow cold dry air through the ducts, could the smell be the damp ducts drying out as the dry air removes residual water and any funny wiffs with it? :y
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Once your A/C is working you blow cold dry air through the ducts, could the smell be the damp ducts drying out as the dry air removes residual water and any funny wiffs with it? :y
The ac worked but wasn't as cold as it is now, was just strange that it happened after regassing
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Hopefully just a red herring but best of removing it anyway can smell in the hot weather ;D ;D ;D