Purchased my car in January so it was hard to gauge if the AC was working, and of course it was not. Had a small BMW shop check it out today. System was still holding pressure so they evacuated the system and re-charged (r-12).
After they got the system charged they called back and said that the resistor was bad and that to change it was $66 for the part plus an hour of labor. Essential low temp fan will not turn on but high will.
They noted they could also bypass it, but would still charge me a hour of labor to do so.
After doing a little research on R3v, I know I can change it myself, but I am heading to the beach in two days. If I can't get the replacement resistor in time, I am going to just bypass it.
If I bypass it, do I need to replace the resistor later on? Are there any negative long term effects of running the AC with high temp/level fan whenever I have my AC on? The guy at the shop was of course pushing me to replace the resistor, he said it would be ok to bypass it temporarily, but not for good. Didn't really note why.
After they got the system charged they called back and said that the resistor was bad and that to change it was $66 for the part plus an hour of labor. Essential low temp fan will not turn on but high will.
They noted they could also bypass it, but would still charge me a hour of labor to do so.
After doing a little research on R3v, I know I can change it myself, but I am heading to the beach in two days. If I can't get the replacement resistor in time, I am going to just bypass it.
If I bypass it, do I need to replace the resistor later on? Are there any negative long term effects of running the AC with high temp/level fan whenever I have my AC on? The guy at the shop was of course pushing me to replace the resistor, he said it would be ok to bypass it temporarily, but not for good. Didn't really note why.
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