Inevitably after ten years of ownership you get to know your car and what is/isn't normal.
After about three weeks of not using it over Christmas the battery was completely flat, to the extent that I couldn't unlock via the fob - which has never happened before.
Charge the battery and all's fine.....except the heating/AC doesn't seem to be as powerful as before, either on the regular fan speeds, or most definitely on the large snowflake/full speed of the AC. The AC is working as I can see the clutch spinning up on the compressor.
For a while I've noticed small black particles on the dash top, whenever I use the car I run the AC and always run it for a little while on max to make sure it's all lubricated etc - so I thought perhaps some of the 'fluff' was just old stuff coming out.
Of the vents below the windscreen there's almost nothing coming out of the right hand one, though there is for the right hand one near the door below the steering wheel.
I can hear the blower motor in the rear working, and on position four I can hear air rushing in under both back corners under the bonnet.
So, any ideas, is it anything to do with the battery going (very) flat, or have the mice been nibbling at something - found bait under the engine area.....
I'm thinking stuck/knackered flap/servo?
Cheers
After about three weeks of not using it over Christmas the battery was completely flat, to the extent that I couldn't unlock via the fob - which has never happened before.
Charge the battery and all's fine.....except the heating/AC doesn't seem to be as powerful as before, either on the regular fan speeds, or most definitely on the large snowflake/full speed of the AC. The AC is working as I can see the clutch spinning up on the compressor.
For a while I've noticed small black particles on the dash top, whenever I use the car I run the AC and always run it for a little while on max to make sure it's all lubricated etc - so I thought perhaps some of the 'fluff' was just old stuff coming out.
Of the vents below the windscreen there's almost nothing coming out of the right hand one, though there is for the right hand one near the door below the steering wheel.
I can hear the blower motor in the rear working, and on position four I can hear air rushing in under both back corners under the bonnet.
So, any ideas, is it anything to do with the battery going (very) flat, or have the mice been nibbling at something - found bait under the engine area.....
I'm thinking stuck/knackered flap/servo?
Cheers