406 air con

[irunmineonred]

had it regased and working fine yesterday but went to use it today and no click when i push the button !! and i cant find a fuse or a relay as i have no book ect . any idea anyone before i melt ?

[Welly]

The condenser on the facelift "D9" 406 fails as regular as clockwork at about 7 years.

The guy that regassed it should have pressure tested the system and I'm surprised he never found a leak. I could be wrong but I think the gas has just pissed out again (it happened to another lad on here 2 weeks ago).

If you can give some more detail about the car it would help

You could look at the fuses but I don't think you'll find anything tbh. There's one fuse box near the battery and another under the drivers knee roll casing thing.

[irunmineonred]

well i had it done at kwick fits or should i say "miss fits" and the machine gave a print out that said "no leaks" and that the recharge was all ok and my car is a hdi 110 turbo estate w reg (2000) 1.1/2 k on clock and it has always clicked when turned on but all of a sudden no click.

[skylinemv]

Sounds very similar to my D9 406 90 HDi.

Got it regassed passed all tests then the next day no aircon, no click.

After I forced the garage to redo it I saw the pool of lube oil weeping out of the bottom of the condenser.

So yes the condensers are rubbish. I need to get another and fit it when I can be bothered.

[Welly]

Well our very own Mr. skylinemv had the exact same thing happen to him at Kwickies.

[Welly]

You beat me to it sky

Here's mine when it went:

[Welly]

By the way if you get an air con place to do the work it will be £300.00 they all know the 406's and have all done loads of them so £300.00 is the benchmark.

I don't want to come over all Bill Oddie-ish but I think it's piss-poor that Kwickies are allowing refrigerant to escape like this I mean if it's happened to 2 of us in so many weeks then how many others across the country have the same

Kwickies should stick to hacking people's eggsauces and fixing my punctures for free.

[puggy]

everything welly said is correct,but,and this is a long shot.On one of the many
occasions i was pissin about with the work no work a/c i'd had it re-filled
and it worked, next day no click so got out the car to have a look,the compressor
not engaging so started wiggling wires.Looking at the car from the front look
at the left side of the radiator and you will see where the 2 a/c pipes go into
the condensor in between the pipes is a pressure valve with a elelctrical plug
on the top, i wiggled this and the wires =hey presto comp kicked in if you try this
cover it with a rag cos the stuff if leaks can burn as i found out .