RE: "Outside Temp" adjustable?

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

It will shut off AC compressor when the outside temp is low. I'm sure
there's another purpose, too. Just for your information, there are two
outside temperature sensors: one behind the grille and second in the
plenum chamber on the evaporator housing.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gerard [SMTP:gerard@poboxes.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 18, 1997 7:47 AM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: "Outside Temp" adjustable?
> 
> > Except for the occasional glitch in the middle of the Summer when it
> reads
> > 21F when it is really 75 thus not turning on the AC, I"ve learned to
> live
> > wiht it rather than replacing OATs.
> 
> Are you guys telling me that the air con system is dependent on the
> outside temperature sensor? Why? Surely the idea of the air con or
> climate control system is that it is there for you to decide what
> temperature you want? My aircon blows hot air all the time even
> though,
> if I put it into AUTO mode, I can feel the air con system kick in
> and switch off again as the car becomes "jumpy" to ride (that air con
> thing takes a chunk of power). My outside temps are really way off,
> but seriously, can it be the outside temp sensor that determines how
> the air con or climate control works? Anybody out there who works or
> (re)builds these things knows whether the system is so dependant on
> that little sensor?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> G.
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