Cayman Air-con Leaking / Broken

Cayman Air-con Leaking / Broken

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paulsm

Original Poster:

410 posts

222 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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I have a 2007 Cayman 2.7. Which after hearing a hissing noise discovered an oily fluid, similar in colour and consistancy to Fairy washing up liquid dripping from somewhere in front on the rear right hand wheel. All vital fluids seem OK, but I realised today that my air conditioning doesn't work.

So, naturally I presume the two are related. Has anyone had any experience of this failure and how it is fixed?

I have an after-market warranty, so will use this is necessary.

Cheers.


sportsandclassic

3,774 posts

217 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Hi,

Yes fairly common failure on Cayman,911 and Boxster models. More than likely it needs a new condenser but I am afraid like most things it probably will not be covered by aftermarket warranty as it is probably due to impact damage or corrosion seems favourite.

Try it, cost to replace one of the two condensers and re-gas the system should be in the region of £450.00

Mike

porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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I had this problem last year so i decided to tackle it myself i bought two new condensers from euro parts and fitted them myself. I'm not a mechanic but it only took me two hours to fit the new ones then i took it to get gassed up and had no leaks which i was well chuffed and saved myself £350.00 too.On youtube there is a video on how to do it .

porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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porkerman

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155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Plus on boxsters the front vents dont have anything to protect debris or objects entering and damaging the condensers so i made my own out of some 5mm drilled stainless steel sprayed black and lacured so you cant see them but it stops the big debris.

paulsm

Original Poster:

410 posts

222 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Cheers for the replies, especially the extra hassle of photos, but the leaking and hissing was from in front of the rear tyre, so I presume it must be something different that's broken / damaged.

It's really hard to see where the leaking is coming from, everything seems so tightly packaged in that area.

porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Thats ok my fault for not reading your post correctly it might help someone in the future.

sportsandclassic

3,774 posts

217 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Hi,

Your coolant radiator looks in a poor state of repair, the lower cores are expanding and also that white krusty powder mark is coolant weep... did you replace it too ?

Mike

996ttalot

1,931 posts

174 months

Monday 25th April 2011
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sportsandclassic said:
Hi,

Your coolant radiator looks in a poor state of repair, the lower cores are expanding and also that white krusty powder mark is coolant weep... did you replace it too ?

Mike
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porkerman

10 posts

155 months

Monday 25th April 2011
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Yer after seeing the state of the radiators i got some on order and they got replaced so hopefully they will stay clean with the grills i put on two.

steve singh

3,995 posts

172 months

Wednesday 27th April 2011
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To the OP - from memory (at least on a 996) the air con pipes run down the entire side of the car (drivers side) so could that be the issue?

I've heard people can crush them when "incorrectly" jacking up...

paulsm

Original Poster:

410 posts

222 months

Wednesday 27th April 2011
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Am having looked at tomorrow morning, I'll report back later.

steve singh

3,995 posts

172 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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paulsm said:
Am having looked at tomorrow morning, I'll report back later.
Fingers crossed it should be an inexpensive item.

paulsm

Original Poster:

410 posts

222 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Two oil seals have gone. Quoted £157.

Miffed with Warranty Direct, they're saying I'm not covered. Waste of money they are....

rhkumar

164 posts

155 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Hi All - I'm new to this forum, can I ask how much your warranty direct policy cost you. I have just recently bought a 2002 C4S and they quoted my £935 for 12 months!

Keen to go for a warranty but not sure which one to go for... I'm based near Heathrow...

Thanks and sorry to jack the thread!

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Friday 29th April 2011
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paulsm said:
Two oil seals have gone. Quoted £157.

Miffed with Warranty Direct, they're saying I'm not covered. Waste of money they are....
This is not the first time I've heard of Warranty Direct rejecting claims!

paulsm

Original Poster:

410 posts

222 months

Friday 29th April 2011
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rhkumar said:
Hi All - I'm new to this forum, can I ask how much your warranty direct policy cost you. I have just recently bought a 2002 C4S and they quoted my £935 for 12 months!

Keen to go for a warranty but not sure which one to go for... I'm based near Heathrow...

Thanks and sorry to jack the thread!
£675