Author Topic: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.  (Read 1145 times)

Offline dhuggins1

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No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« on: 19 March 2009, 23:03 »
The idle does not increase to normal level when using the a/c, actually it bogs down to lower level.
Is there a relay or something that could be causing the prob?

Offline Rhyso

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Re: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« Reply #1 on: 20 March 2009, 10:23 »
that sounds normal to me  :undecided:

whenever i engage my air-con you can hear the engine struggle that little bit more as the aircon draws its power and then when it disengages it returns to normal

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Re: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« Reply #2 on: 20 March 2009, 10:50 »
Yeah mate as Ryhso says, thats the norm mate
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Re: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« Reply #3 on: 20 March 2009, 11:24 »
mine picks up when the AC is put on.  and runs normal.

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Re: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« Reply #4 on: 20 March 2009, 11:33 »
that sounds normal to me  :undecided:

whenever i engage my air-con you can hear the engine struggle that little bit more as the aircon draws its power and then when it disengages it returns to normal

Same for me, unless we all have the same problem???  :laugh:
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Offline theshrew

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Re: No idle stabilzation with aircon on.
« Reply #5 on: 20 March 2009, 12:14 »
Its normal for engine to bog down a bit when you first turn the air con on this is due to the extra load the air con puts on th eengine. Then after a few seconds the ecu will tell and change settings accordingly and it should run same as before. Apart from be down on power a little and use more fuel.