[V6-12v] AC question

[The CyberPoet]

I've had the dash assembly apart on a Audi 200Turbo, which should be 
similar in construction. It wasn't really very daunting, once the 
assembly was out of the car. Big towel, kitchen table, disassemble to 
reveal a few circuit boards and ribbon cables. Clean with spray 
electrical cleaner (outside!) then look for broken traces, loose 
connections, resolder as required. Since you are only interested in 
tracing lights, it makes the whole thing much easier (I was after the 
circuitry to the center LED display).

Cheers
=-= Marc Glasgow

On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, at 03:16  PM, James Whitehouse wrote:

> Guys --
>
> Thanks for the info before on the dashboard removal. It really is so 
> simple,
> you don’t even need to take off the steering wheel. Great.
>
> Now, next problem. I’ve had it out, replaced the bulbs, then found on
> re-fitting that it wasn’t the bulbs after all. The rev-side of the 
> dashboard
> is just unlit. BUT the gauges actually work, so it’s not a feed 
> problem in
> that sense (the tachometer and temp gauge etc. all work). Here’s the 
> thing:
> if you give the dash above it a little tap, it all flicks back on. So 
> it
> must be some kind of loose connection, or maybe a dry joint. But there 
> isn’t
> an accessibly circuit board for me to look at. Has anyone had one of 
> these
> things apart? Am I asking for a whole bunch of trouble if I open the 
> thing
> up?
>
> I’d like to know what I’m getting into beforehand, if anyone has any
> experience!
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
> On 3/11/04 12:13 am, "Lino M. Valadas" <l.valadas at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys,
>>
>> No.  It's definitely the AC compressor.  I've open the hood several 
>> times to
>> see what's going on and I clearly see the compressor clutch engaging.
>> I'm in just outside of Toronto, Canada.  Today was 7 degrees 
>> centigrade in
>> the morning.  I start the engine open the hood and I see the 
>> compressor
>> kicking in and out with the air and recirculation buttons off.  As 
>> James
>> Whitehouse pointed out, his mechanic feels it's by design.  I'm 
>> starting to
>> think he's right.  But it's a lousy design.  My 1993 S4 does not do 
>> that.
>> If anybody know how to turn it off please let me know.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Lino
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nathan Widmyer" <lighthousej at gmail.com>
>> To: "V6 12V Audi Mailing List" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] AC question
>>
>>
>>> Are you sure it's not the radiator fans kicking in?  When my engine
>>> gets too hot, the fans kick in to cool it down.  Does it sound like a
>>> muffled drilling sound?  I hope I'm not a dummy about this and it
>>> really is your AC.  Check out the links at:
>>>
>>> http://www.12v.org/maintenance/index.php?section=tr&ss=hvac
>>>
>>> In the climate control trouble code section, in at least my 90, has a
>>> graphics channel (channel 52) that uses the segments of the climate
>>> control to give you on-off conditions of different inputs to the AC
>>> system to help you figure out if you have an errant input and where
>>> you might want to check.  Good luck.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:19:14 -0500, Lino M. Valadas 
>>> <l.valadas at rogers.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> My AC compressor cycles on and off on its own every-so-often  more 
>>>> often
>>>> than not.  This is with the air turned off.  I find it very 
>>>> annoying.
>> Does
>>>> anybody experience the same?  Is it suppose to do that?  If not by
>> design
>>>> which is my suspicion, does anybody know what may be causing it?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Lino
>>>> 93 90q sport
>>>>
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