Air coditioning problem

[keville]

Hey guys,

Here's one for ye, My air con belt tensioner lost a nut last week(the one that locks it in place) and so in turn losened the belt I wasn't sure at the time what had happened the power steering but anyway, the belt wore away a group of wires just in front of the flywheel(closest to the radiator) there are four wires but i also found in the engine bay a black one that looks like fibre optic real narrow fibre anybody got any ideas. I repaired the three wires that were there but the temp in air con stays warm

thanks for any help

Keville

[keville]

Sorry i meant to say there are three wires instead of four

Keville

[steelroe]

This may be the outside air temp wire for the air con.
What colour is the wire.

[keville]

Forgot to say the wire i found was black if its any help.

cheers

[steelroe]

If it is all black the it is more than likely an earth wire. I will check on my GPX and see if I can figure out what it is for.

I had the same thing happen to me some time back and the belt cut the crank angle sensor wires. I was a female dog of a job to repair.

[keville]

Thanks Rory,

I never realised how much i use the air con till it stopped working!

[Kace]

Hmmmm - Keville, can you describe where these wires are that were damaged. My tensioner pulley is missing completely (has been for years) and my aircon stopped working just before the summer.

Sounds like a common problem - could be what's wrong with mine.

Thanks
KC

[keville]

The wires are in front of the flywheel thats directly in front of the tensioner, it comes from the corner of the radiator and up the front of the engine about two inches in from the belt it hides in there somewhere

Keville

[Kace]

Thanks Keville - I took a look last night and found the wires. The outside thick black casing around the wires is broken down near the flywheel (not sure how though as it rests about an inch away from it). Very difficult to see if there is any breakage there - I obviously need to get down and dirty and get underneath the car to examine it closely.

When you guys say that you repaired the wires - did you actually find that the wires were completely severed ?

Keville - any joy so far diagnosing your problem ?

[keville]

Kace,

One of the wires had separated and two others were slightly stripped, still no joy could you let me know how many wires are in that group

thanks
Keville

[keville]

Hey Guys,

Has anybody any idea about the number of wires coming across from the radiator to the engine for the air con, I'd appreciate if someone could check for me as I only have three but I think there should be four. Gratefull for any info recieved

Keville