mikem
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Last wednesday (hottest day of the year) I picked up my 4200cc from Giallo. Having had the forum discs and new pads fitted, I was looking forward to setting off to Italy for my summer holiday this coming weekend.
However I got about a mile from Giallo when there was a loud explosive bang. The car lost power even though the engine was still running and the power steering stopped working. I was on a very busy T junction in the evening rush hour so there were a lot of unhappy drivers. So I telephoned Matt at Giallo and he sent Ches to come and investigate.
When Ches came he started the car and it worked perfectly so he drove it back to the garage for a hook up to the computer. Everything appeared completely normal. However the air con. had stopped working, the conclusion being that the compressor had failed. So Matt very kindly lent me his personal car to get home.
A new compressor was ordered but when Matt tried to fit yesterday. He discovered that the compressor was o.k. but the condenser had a one inch square hole in it. Matt explained that he had never seen or heard of any thing like it ever happening before. Also that advice he had been given was that condensers have been tested to 20 bar, so it must have been some incredible force to remove a 1" square chunk of metal from it.
So far the cause of this is a mystery.
Has anyone else had a similar incident and was the cause ever discovered?
However I got about a mile from Giallo when there was a loud explosive bang. The car lost power even though the engine was still running and the power steering stopped working. I was on a very busy T junction in the evening rush hour so there were a lot of unhappy drivers. So I telephoned Matt at Giallo and he sent Ches to come and investigate.
When Ches came he started the car and it worked perfectly so he drove it back to the garage for a hook up to the computer. Everything appeared completely normal. However the air con. had stopped working, the conclusion being that the compressor had failed. So Matt very kindly lent me his personal car to get home.
A new compressor was ordered but when Matt tried to fit yesterday. He discovered that the compressor was o.k. but the condenser had a one inch square hole in it. Matt explained that he had never seen or heard of any thing like it ever happening before. Also that advice he had been given was that condensers have been tested to 20 bar, so it must have been some incredible force to remove a 1" square chunk of metal from it.
So far the cause of this is a mystery.
Has anyone else had a similar incident and was the cause ever discovered?