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Originally Posted by Reezo
It makes sense. That's somehow close to what I experience. After a 'smoke from the bonnet' experience (with no issues on the car whatsoever.. so I suspected the gas leaked completely) I took it to a regular check and also reminded them the A/C was basically nonexistent. They refilled it, I drive it back home.. A/C does not work again. So I tell them and take the car in again. The next day they say everything's basically broken (water pump+sensor PCB whatever..) and it's gonna be 2,000 in repairs. The way they said it and the fact that they had ordered it all already and I was to pay that anyway.. made it suspicious. It's not the first time I get this kind of treatment so I immediately cancelled their order (I never requested it or agreed upon it) and they were OK with it, too cool even. I parted ways.
Since then, curiously, the A/C does work although I have not been in a case where outside temperature was >30C. It could be that it does not work when things are super hot, but I have to try it (weather's been so-so these days).
Anyway, I really need to find a trustworthy place near Berlin or Brandenburg to use as a reference for my car. I don't know how to fix things myself, so I need someone I can trust. It has not been easy for sure.
I am sure an air con specialist can at least give me a second opinion on it. The issue I have seems a lot like yours or at least in the ballpark. And a leak sounds more realistic to me as ZERO fault codes appear, the car passed every check etc. etc.
Many thanks for your help and time, I appreciate it!
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I've never heard of a faulty engine cooling system (alleged faulty water pump) affecting the air con. This has nothing to do with the engine other than the compressor is engine driven.
Had the engine been overheating there would have been fault codes and the yellow alert on the dash would be on so you could check the reason on the iDrive screen.