03-23-2024, 03:14 AM | #1 |
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i8 AC making a whirring and whooshing noise
Only had my i8 3 weeks and the Aircon is starting to make a noise.
It sounds like a whirring noise and also a noise that i can only describe as being similar to when a kettle 'first' starts to heat up. Is the Aircon on its way out? is this normal? does it just need a re-gas? I made a Youtube video, which makes it sound louder than it actually is. https://youtube.com/shorts/6HscR32Bk...9hWxEdHLZs7s4A https://youtube.com/shorts/nU3YzbOCc..._oBDURr5tmJG47 Last edited by SGTsimo; 03-25-2024 at 04:18 PM.. |
03-25-2024, 04:28 PM | #2 |
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So, an interesting update.
I contacted the garage i bought the car from, who were quite happy to do whatever was required to get it fixed, but first of all wanted me to take it into a specialists that do re-gassing (at the garages expense of course). I took it to one about 17 miles away from me and let the guy listen to it and straight away he said it needed re-gassing as it was low. The sound, like a very fast ticking, was a solonoid valve opening and closing. It was doing this due to low pressure he said. BMW i8's apparently have 630 grams of AC air/liquid? inside of them. What they do to re-gas is hook it the machine, which will remove the old gas (measuring it in the process). Clear out the pipes of any condensation, and then re-fill it with the correct amount of gas and a specific oil. The machine took 70 grams out of mine (instead of 630), so was WAY low. I then drove it home, plus another 30 miles and the noise has gone completely. I have no idea where the gas went, but the car is 10 years old and may not have ever been refilled. It may still have a leak of course, which i will find out when the weather warms up probably. |
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