How to refill air con at home?

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In article <464f9616$0$8743$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader02 (DOT) plus.net>,
Mike G <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

As far as I know, no system has a feedback loop to tell if the fan is
working or not. The one on my E39 has never worked, but the AC does.

Strange. I know that is the way the a/c in my E34 works. The fan is
knackered, and like yourself I have a fan waiting to fit. In the
meantime the a/c is working fine. All I know is that when my E39 was
first regassed, it didn't work. The a/c engineer said it was because
the fan wasn't working. When the fan was replaced, and the system
regassed it did work.

I reckon they did some more work. The control circuitry for the fan can
give trouble too and it's possible a fault there would stop the system
working.

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I know my E39 is an earlier one than yours. A '96,
so maybe earlier models were wired slightly differently. Just a guess.

Just bought a later 528i BTW. A '98. Lower miles and with much better
paintwork. Has strange brown tinted door mirrors. Would that be in
keeping with the auto dimming type?

I didn't know they did auto dimming door mirrors. I have that on the
interior one - and the glass looks a normal colour.

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#12

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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In article <464f9616$0$8743$ed2619ec (AT) ptn-nntp-reader02 (DOT) plus.net>,
Mike G <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
As far as I know, no system has a feedback loop to tell if the fan is
working or not. The one on my E39 has never worked, but the AC does.

Strange. I know that is the way the a/c in my E34 works. The fan is
knackered, and like yourself I have a fan waiting to fit. In the
meantime the a/c is working fine. All I know is that when my E39 was
first regassed, it didn't work. The a/c engineer said it was because
the fan wasn't working. When the fan was replaced, and the system
regassed it did work.

I reckon they did some more work. The control circuitry for the fan can
give trouble too and it's possible a fault there would stop the system
working.

You could be right, although I was only charged the std price for a regas.

Quote:

I know my E39 is an earlier one than yours. A '96,
so maybe earlier models were wired slightly differently. Just a guess.

Just bought a later 528i BTW. A '98. Lower miles and with much better
paintwork. Has strange brown tinted door mirrors. Would that be in
keeping with the auto dimming type?

I didn't know they did auto dimming door mirrors.

RTFM. Sorry. Couldn't resist.:-)

Auto dimming door mirrors come with the 'Mirror package'
In the later Owners Handbook I have, it's mentioned on page 53, under
'Mirrors'. In the earlier HB it's on page 48.

I haven't picked up the 'new' car yet, so I can't check if it has the mirror
folding button on the armrest which would confirm whether it actually has
the mirror package fitted.
Has a glass sun roof and PDC though, which are nice additions to the older
one.

I have that on the

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interior one - and the glass looks a normal colour.

Both of mine have auto dimming interior mirrors, with the built in sensor,
which is certainly not present on the tinted door mirrors, but was thinking
the auto dimming on them might be controlled by the interior mirror.

I seem to be aquiring quite a stable. :-)

'94 E34 525i.
'96 E39 528i
'98 E39 528i
'85 SD1 Vitesse.
Mike.

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Re: How to refill air con at home? - 05-19-2007 , 07:59 PM

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