Hi All,

Anything I should know about the air con in a 2010 XKR?

The weather is warming up in the UK and I took the car on a long jaunt today with the roof down. I noticed the air didn't seem too cold so when I got home I set the temp down to low, but the air being pumped out was certainly no cooler than ambient. I've got my air con guy coming round on Tuesday eve to do a pressure check/re-gas - but is there anything else it's likely to be, any known issues?

Cheers.

 

Had mine regased last year,only blew cold for 3 weeks so I must have a leak.Keep us informed what the answer is please.
Tommy.

 

Myself and a couple of other members had compressors that failed. Hopefully for you it is just in need of a fill. Have to wonder how it got low though.

 

Failed compressor last year. It seems to be a common failure, as Jaguar seems to repair the compressor and sell it with "discount"

 

2010 original compressor at 60,000 miles, and summers are right around 80-100 for six-eight months.

 

Been driving various XKs and XKRs since 08 in Southern California and have never had a problem. Your A/C system will do better if run regularly,otherwise seals and other rubber/plastic parts will dry out prematurely.

 

My AC compressor died and and found out the hard way I overpaid it seems like to get it replaced. If it is the compressor do some serious shopping around.

 

Parts dot com. Doesn't seem TOO unreasonable. Certainly not a 1988 toyota, but that's a GOOD thing...
https://parts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=store.sectionSearch&storeid=2 &vehicleid=293090§ion=HVAC&group=AIR%20CONDITIONER &subgroup=COMPRESSOR&Title=Jaguar

 

There is not really a lot of information to go by from your description except that air con would work best with the roof up

Put some gauges on it as you might have a leak, if gas is low, recharge and ad a leak detector dye so that you can find out where it's leaking from. If the level is too low, the pressure switch will prevent the compressor from engaging.

 

Mine was replaced under CPO warranty so no charge to me, but I was told if I had paid out of pocket the cost is around $1200. Of course this is parts and labor.

 

My air con guy has just left - it's the condensor leaking upfront.

No pressure whatsoever when he connected up, not good. He put a bit of gas in and found the condensor leaking at the left hand side as you look at the car from the front. You could see a damp spot where it's leaked out.

We started it up and ran the car with the gas in, everything worked fine, ice cold, and I mean really ice cold air within a few seconds so the compressor seems to be fine. Fingers crossed.

He's gonna get back to me with a price to replace tomorrow.

Unfortunately, with everything stripped off the top of the engine, it was really , really evident that there's a seriously unpleasant knocking noise coming off the supercharger at idle, very reminiscent of the noise my old 4.0 made before I swapped out the S/C on that.

Having done a quick google it seems there is a technical bulletin saying to replace the s/c isolator, about 4.3 hours and about £400 for the part based on my googling the part number.

Anyone else had this done and did it work?

 

Thankyou for the update,will check mine there for any leaks. Tommy.

 

Hi All,

Just to close this one out.

The condensor was replaced yesterday with an OEM spec replacement which cost £225, cheaper are available on ebay, but this was a good quality brand.

My air con man sent me photos during the job showing the old radiator where the left hand side had been soaked with leaking gas residue. Worth noting that the bottom of the condensor was full of impacted crap in the fins, and he said the other two radiators that sandwhich it were similarly clogged, he brushed them all through to remove the crud.

Not any easy job to do with everything in place, but worth bearing in mind if you've got the nose of for any other reason.

Anyways, all sorted now, cold, dry air available. Would be nice to have some warm days back over here to give it a good test.

I've added the picture of the condensor, note the crud is all along the bottom of the radiator where you can't see it when it's in the car.


Condensor condition - 2010, 84K miles

 

Good to hear it's fixed.

Always appreciated when members take the time and trouble to come back and post the end of a repair saga.

Graham

 

Just noticed my recently bought car blows only lukewarm air. Service available only 15th May, so a long time to wait. Dealer shall take care of the cost I say...

 

Can anyone provide a photo of the location of the low pressure cap and valve? Has anyone done a DIY recharge without the vacuum? In other words just added freon to increase the pressure due to a small leak?

 

If you don't know what you're doing, you can damage the compressor and ... you'll wish you had paid a pro. Adding refrigerant won't cure the cause of the leak.

P.S. See the Workshop Manual in the Stickies at the top of this Forum for details of how to properly recharge your AC.

 

^^precisely.