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Originally Posted by FARWEST
Hey Le Cheese....just a question....how often does your a/c get run ???.....havent heard of the a/c condenser being a 'weak point' so thanks for the heads up with that.
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AC has been running nearly full time for 120k and 8 years! Hasn't been an issue up until now, and if I'd not seen the wet patch on the concrete I wouldn't have known. Still blowing as cold as ever.
They're a reasonably common failure I believe - at least I see it mentioned often on other forums. Might not be that typical, and could just be a numbers thing to be fair.
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Originally Posted by drover
If its the AC leaking usually means the AC isn't working or at least not well and not for long, I would get it checked ASAP, usually cheaper that way.......... nip a tiny hole in steering boot if it leaks juice you have bad seals if not then no leaks..... of course nip a neat round hole in the lowest part of the boot ... advised one fella who said I was wrong as his was leaking big time later on, when we checked he had put the hole at the top of the boot...... Duh.....
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Yeah I'm getting it replaced in 3wks at next service. Unfortunately there's a bit of driving to do between now and then, so might be a windows down job. As I said above, I only noticed it as it parks on concrete every night, so thankfully picked it up early.
Re: the steering pump, that's a problem for another day. While having a look at the condenser I noticed the boots have the telltale 'wet' look to the underside, so there's definitely some fluid sitting in there - but I keep a close eye on the fluid and I've only had to put in probably 100mL over the vehicle's life, so it can't be that much...
