Is the Air Con working ?

When we took the Coupe on its little jaunt we only had one outage but it may have been similar.

Driving along we got what sounded like a ancillary belt screech/squeal as I went to full lock. It did it in a continuous tone for about thirty seconds. As I came off lock it went away.

No lights on dash.
No bad engine running.
As the engine had been run for a few hours it was hot and the A/Con seemed to fail. A.C light still on on dashboard.

We went to Borghi the next morning and they quickly worked out that the Compressor for the A/C had failed internally. Apparently this can cause the squeal as the internals fail.

So if the belts are all okay and the cooling effect is no longer there it might be worth checking. You are right, it was NOT cheap. It was however quick to replace and they had us back on plan the next day. The air/con also worked a lot better which was helpful as we went down to Italy.


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