xantia aircon not working after cam belt change

greencruiser · Unread post by **greencruiser** » 23 Jul 2008, 06:40

I have 97 Citroen Xantia 1.9td, I recently had the cam belt changed & the aircon has never worked since. The light on the dash doesn't light up once the button is pressed, the engine drop's a little to indicate that it has switched on but the air doesn't get colder. The air con worked fine before the cam belt change! Does anyone have any suggestions:?:

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 23 Jul 2008, 08:03

was the cam belt fitted by a garage, if so i would take it straight back and get them to check what they might have done,
regards malcolm

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 23 Jul 2008, 08:09

I agree with Malcolm, take it back if it was done by a garage!!!

However, it may just be something as simple as the Hi/Lo switch connector has been disturbed on the receiver/dryer (the cylinder near the ECU box with the sightglass on it).

It is often helpful to pull this connector to make removal of the engine mount easy...

greencruiser · Unread post by **greencruiser** » 03 Aug 2008, 21:33

Sorry about the delay in responding.
I've been planning on calling the mechanic back out to the xantia, just wanted to check if it was anything simple before i did.
Could you give me some directions to locate this high/low switch connector, i've not had much luck finding it

Thanks

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 03 Aug 2008, 21:45

It's on the top side of the receiver/drier bottle (the cylinder with the sight-glass on top of it. Normal location is just in front of the radiator on the left-hand side (as you look in the engine bay with the bonnet up) adjacent to the ECU box above the wing. It'll be a 4-way connector.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 03 Aug 2008, 21:48

Look at the picture in the first post of this thread and the receiver/drier is in location A10/B9. The connector is clearly visible.

Hope that helps!

MikeT · Unread post by **MikeT** » 04 Aug 2008, 11:40

The A/C switch in the cabin is notorious for fading the "on" light giving the appearance it has not switched the A/C on. If you push the switch in extreme darkness, you should see a dim glow at least.