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hello all, well summer is here finally,
today i thought i would use my air con on a trip so sunny southport with my 3 kids,
i notice my car splutters and looses power when it seems the air con pump kicks in ?
any1 any idea why is would do this,

There's always a load on the engine when the air con compressor kicks in but it will be considerably higher on hot days when the gas pressure rises to maximum.

I'll turn the a/c off if I want short blasts of max power

Mine seems to lose a bit of power but doesnt splutter when a/c comes on but I like the comfort to speed ratio leaning more to the comfort side.