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Fiat Grande Punto 2008 AirCon Issue


matrix1978

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Hi All,

 My Grande Punto 2008 AC stop working suddenly and when a AC specialist checked the system he said nothing wrong with the AC system. no gas issue. nothing on display panel, all the buttons are working. no AC just the blower. any one experienced this or any clues whats wrong.

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Facing the same issue. In my case after switching the ac compressor on/off several times gets it working. I got it checked & apprently when I switch on the ac the power flows to the compressor but it doesnt engage. I initially thought it must be the pressure switches but the garage guys are saying that theyve tried replacing that on several puntos but the problems keeps re-occuring. Their recommendation is to replace the whole compressor :(

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On 7/19/2016 at 1:42 PM, matrix1978 said:

Hi All,

 My Grande Punto 2008 AC stop working suddenly and when a AC specialist checked the system he said nothing wrong with the AC system. no gas issue. nothing on display panel, all the buttons are working. no AC just the blower. any one experienced this or any clues whats wrong.

Did you manage to solve the issue?

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Hi Guys,

Same thing just happened to my Punto too. It suddenly stopped flowing cold air, just the blower. When i switch on the AC the radiator fan isn't working. read it on some other forum, that happens due to low pressure on the system.

Anyone fixed this issue?

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The radiator fan doesn't engage with the ac switched on like in most Japs. It'll come on when the heatload increases beyond a certain point. If the fan activates when you race the car that means nothing wrong with it. Most probably your compressor is bust. Will have to replace it. When was the last time you serviced or replaced it? Could be that it's reached it's end. It's very hard to diagnose electrically if it's gone or not. If you do come around to removing it, check if their are silver metal particles coming out when you purge some air into the compressor. If a clear liquid/oil only is coming out could mean it's something to do with the sensor. Still replacing the sensor would cost almost half of what a whole recon compressor would cost. Safer bet to replace the whole comp esp if you can't get the sensor refunded in case it's not the issue.

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Yes the part is sourced from denso. Didn't come across any matching models available locally though. Its a sensor type early model & most of the Japs ones of the era are clutch type. You could modify a clutch type Jap comp by putting in some matching brackets & modifying the pipes but wouldn't recommend as that might effect your engine pulling power & economy. Try to buy from a local shop cause if something goes wrong you could get it replaced or refunded. eBay has that but you have to pay return shipping. Go for it if you can find one for dirt cheap & know someone to carry it through. Saves almost 2/3rds the cost on shipping & clearance.

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2 hours ago, NeroX said:

Yes the part is sourced from denso. Didn't come across any matching models available locally though. Its a sensor type early model & most of the Japs ones of the era are clutch type. You could modify a clutch type Jap comp by putting in some matching brackets & modifying the pipes but wouldn't recommend as that might effect your engine pulling power & economy. Try to buy from a local shop cause if something goes wrong you could get it replaced or refunded. eBay has that but you have to pay return shipping. Go for it if you can find one for dirt cheap & know someone to carry it through. Saves almost 2/3rds the cost on shipping & clearance.

Yeah, I was thinking the same. Think its better to buy locally as I can replace if something gies wrong.

Found some used cheap ones from eBay uk but bringing down here is the problem. 

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23 minutes ago, wolseley said:

Try 99rpm.com  once I got down a catch for glove box from them.

Already checked wolseley. But the part numbers don't match. So im reluctant to buy that. Think the listed parts are for Indian fiat gp. Are both Italian and Indian share same parts? 

Do you have any idea which part is matching for 1.4 8v petrol gp?

https://www.99rpm.com/fiat/parts/air-conditioner/compressor.html?fitment_vehicle_name=14#page=1

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Yes Jwenn, It was the AC Compressor. it was worn out and the metal particles gone into condenser as well. had to replace entire condenser,  compressor and the expansion value with original parts. also cleaned the entire AC lines as well.:(

 

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