Climate control stops when idling

[Bfritz]

Hi guys!
I have a problem with AC that nobody can resolve. When I'm driving climate control works fine but when I'm idling for about 5 minutes on a very hot day, it stops. Engine temperature rises, AC stops for about 3 minutes, engine temperature goes down and cold air starts to blow again.
After few minutes process repeats.

The car is Clio 197 from 2007

Any thoughts?

 

[Bfritz]

No one?

 

[charltjr]

Only thing I can think is some cars have multi-speed cooling fans for the radiator, it's not unknown for the control packs to fail so the fan loses one or more of the speeds. It's usually the slower speeds. If that happens then it's not until the engine temp gets high enough for the "oooh, getting a bit bloody hot" speed to kick in that you'll get cooling to the radiators - the lack of cooling until then will stop the AC working and explain the engine temperature hike too. The E46 BMW was known for it.

I don't know if the 197 has that sort of setup, or suffers from issues with it, but it's one possibility. Sorry it's so vague.

 

[bloke]

it stopped so the engine can cool.

 

[Bfritz]

Yes, it stops to cool engine, but why? I'm the owner of this car from the day one and it didnt happen before. Any ideas how to fix it?

 

[clioben182]

Sounds very much like a cooling fan issue, pressure rises in the air con when stationary then the pressure switch cuts the compressor untill it drops.

 

[Bfritz]

But fan is working. You think i should replace the fan?