DaneInTheDesert
23rd February 2023, 06:23 AM
Car has been aired out in mornings, on all 4 wheels, last few months.
Takes about 2-4 hours to happen but quickly inflated again upon start-up.
No problem when running errands less than 3 hours.
Figured I would deal with it when it got warmer and
I could get under it with some soapy water.
Not so now.
With driver door open, I can hear the compressor run for about a minute
before it stops and lets out a "gasp".
If I let the compressor sit for a while till it's cold,
it still shuts down, ruling out a thermal shutdown.
Don't recall if my iCarsoft scanner can tell me the system pressure and temperature.
Initially I recalled something about a door sensor coming up on the instrument cluster,
but I haven't seen it since.
So my question is: a slow leak has obviously been in progress for a while.
Is it likely that a door sensor coincidentally failed at this point or did the compressor fail
because it got used 2 times every day for several months?
Or has the leak gotten so bad that the compressor just shuts down
because the ECU doesn't register any increase in system pressure?
Michael
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Takes about 2-4 hours to happen but quickly inflated again upon start-up.
No problem when running errands less than 3 hours.
Figured I would deal with it when it got warmer and
I could get under it with some soapy water.
Not so now.
With driver door open, I can hear the compressor run for about a minute
before it stops and lets out a "gasp".
If I let the compressor sit for a while till it's cold,
it still shuts down, ruling out a thermal shutdown.
Don't recall if my iCarsoft scanner can tell me the system pressure and temperature.
Initially I recalled something about a door sensor coming up on the instrument cluster,
but I haven't seen it since.
So my question is: a slow leak has obviously been in progress for a while.
Is it likely that a door sensor coincidentally failed at this point or did the compressor fail
because it got used 2 times every day for several months?
Or has the leak gotten so bad that the compressor just shuts down
because the ECU doesn't register any increase in system pressure?
Michael
.