A few pics of my sunday drive

[sirwiggum]

Especially if the car has cloth seats, yuck!

I had an Alfa with leather seats, the air con was, to paraphrase Clarkson "like a mouse coughing on you". They were a nightmare to get into on sunny days.

It's amazing how used to aircon you get though, my 1st air-conner the Xantia I didn't even really want air-con as I saw it as something more to go wrong...


Heres a question though.

I notice when I have my aircon off that the engine seems to run slightly more smoothly. I realise the aircon pump is going to take some power from the engine, but it feels like maybe the aircon pulley needs loosened or something? Anyone else notice this?

[teamster1975]

I notice when I have my aircon off that the engine seems to run slightly more smoothly. I realise the aircon pump is going to take some power from the engine, but it feels like maybe the aircon pulley needs loosened or something? Anyone else notice this?

I notice that the revs drop slightly when the aircon compressor kicks in; I can't see there being a problem with the pulley as it's spinning all the time anyway!

[sirwiggum]

I notice when I have my aircon off that the engine seems to run slightly more smoothly. I realise the aircon pump is going to take some power from the engine, but it feels like maybe the aircon pulley needs loosened or something? Anyone else notice this?

I notice that the revs drop slightly when the aircon compressor kicks in; I can't see there being a problem with the pulley as it's spinning all the time anyway!

It's almost as though when it kicks in it is putting a strain on the engine.

Belts are due changing anyway, another job for the list.

[teamster1975]

Auxilliary belt is pretty straight forward job, I've yet to tackle the timing belt on mine (although I should knuckle down and do it!)