Elise Air Conditioning

[MikeThack]

Hi,

The air con on my Elise S2 has stopped working. The switch illuminates and I can hear what sounds like a relay click behind my head in the engine compartment.

Anybody got any clues? Or had a similar situation? Is it big bucks time? Or a quick fix?

Just a sanity check... is it normal to hear that the air con is on - a turbo/supercharger type engine speed noise? Mine did ever since I got it before it stopped working. I'm assuming that was normal.

Mike.

[miles_stylus]

When min stopped working I took it to plans and they pointed out that the fan (just visible throught he driver's side intakes) was not goign around. This was fixed and they also spoke about some cyclinder which is full of crystals which was not getting cold before was now cold to the touch.

All ths without any clam removal etc - jst reaching around stuff so it was not an expensive job at all.

there's hope yet.

Miles
PS the sound thing - yes I hear that as well, I alo get a noticable "drag" on the car's engine when it is running.

[MikeThack]

OK Miles, thanks for that. I'll have a poke around at the weekend then, haven't had time yet.

[TonyHetherington]

Hi Mike

I had a couple of problems with the air con in my old S2 elise. The first was the fan itself, rather than the air con which was fixed with a clam off job under warranty (expensive!). the second was the air con not working, which was traced to a broken wire (again clam off).

The normal "whine" though is fine. You must remember that due to the lack of sound deadening, and how close youa re to everything, you hear all the noises and things which go on in a normal car, but you just don't get to hear them

[Bada Bing!]

You more than likely have a leak. The pump won't come on if the gas inside isn't at the right pressure (i.e. like it wouldn't be if it leaked out), so that's your most likely culprit.

[madmatt1985]

a/c gas top up ?? my mums slk needed fill back up after a year as car ac tend to "seep out"