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I am having the very same problem on my 172.
A month ago or so, one night I gave it a shot on the MW, as I hit hard in 4th and 5th the temp slowly got up 'till the end of the scale.
I lifted off the throttle immediately and the gauge went down almost immediately, let's say from top to mid in...
Did another test today
using a multimeter connected to the compressor +12v wire
at idle shows 13.8 volts, as it should
if you rise the revs, slowly,
voltage drops: 12.5, 12, 11, 9, 8 after that goes to zero
at idle, in a few seconds, again the compressor kicking in and 13.8 volts on the...
hello to everyone!
My name is Matteo and I am from Modena, Italy
My Clio is a '03 172 in black
fitted with Orap Cup replica shocks, K-Tec stealth exhaust and Renault Sport Ecu.
I have been reading you all a lot before entering the forum, but now is the time to enter this great community!
So, being here around 41°C in these days,
my 172 air con is not helping that much keeping me from sweating.
Thought it need to be regased or topped up.
No, was about perfect.
In the traffic seemed just fine, not as cool as Artic Pole, but fine.
But as I hit the MW, temp coming out of the...