[s-cars] Climate Control - Damn the Snowflake

[manuelsanchez at starpower.net]

Fellow S-heads,

I checked all the codes in the CC Head per the 12v.org site (Thanks Vincent) 

Currently there were no stored codes in any of the channels that would list faults, such as Channel 1, System Malfunction. Channel 1 read 00.0.

I found some old paper work in my records where I had done this a year or so ago, and the code stored in Channel 1 back then was:

8.7-Temperature Regulator Flap-Sporadic Block

Would the 8.7 code cause the snowflake to come on and off (I somehow think that would be an unrelated symptom, like when I occasionally would get hot air coming thru the vents even with the climate control blower off)?

I checked the channel for the compressor speed (Channel 29) relative to engine speed (Channel 28) and with the multiplier (Compressor=1.28 x engine speed) all seems fine. I am correct in assuming that if there were ever a discrepancy between the 2 speeds a code would show up somewhere in the system diagnostics or are these 2 channels like the channel that display the speed of the car, an actual value at that specific moment in time that is not stored? In other words, when the snowflake goes off the next time, I'll need to toggle to those channels to see if at that exact moment the speed differential exceeds the stated 1.28 multiplier value?

Thanks again for any insights.

-Manny
95.5 UrS6 Avant (Flaky Snowflake)