C4 2007 AC

[Doo]

I probably know the answer, but I'll ask anyway....

2007 1.6hdi SX.

Topped up AC and it barely lasted a day. That was 3yrs ago.

Being a black car, it heats up something rotten in the Scottish summer...but that half day each July is a lesson in driving naked and trying to avoid wasps while windows are open

My question is, I didn't see any obvious signs of a leak either at the condenser nor anywhere else for that matter.

So is there a common point in these cars that a pipe rots or a union comes loose or could it simply be the compressor isn't happy (although there is no noises suggesting it's gubbed).

Changing the condenser is a piece of cake, but I don't want to do that to learn there is a hole in a pipe hidden under some bit of plastic at the business end of the engine

I just changed the condenser on the Range Rover and the whole job took 40 minutes. It took longer to re-gas it

Thanks all

[GiveMeABreak]

Leaks are notoriously hard to localise - even with a dye. It took 4 trips to my dealer before they found the leak (top of the condenser). But shortly after, it crapped out again and needed a new compressor - probably after all the filling and leaking / filling leaking - so probably was short on oil and damaged the compressor.

[Doo]

Leaks are notoriously hard to localise - even with a dye. It took 4 trips to my dealer before they found the leak (top of the condenser). But shortly after, it crapped out again and needed a new compressor - probably after all the filling and leaking / filling leaking - so probably was short on oil and damaged the compressor.

Spookily enough, that's where the P38 condenser goes.

There is foam at each end of the top of the condenser (well, actually on the removable panel, but it sits on the condenser) which I think holds all the cack thrown up off the road (salt in winter) and it rots the corner of the thin aluminium of the condenser.

Must be a problem for lots of vehicles. I thought they usually went at the fins....