I Need Some Opinions On This!

He's either touched up the detail since you've had it or had it in for a quick tunnel wash and vacuum. Your the little guy so your the easiest to approach. Maybe even a wife or girl friend did him a favor and had it cleaned up.

By the way I've been away from the repair industry for a while but do they really have temp sensors in the vents? What purpose would that serve? The discharge temp is always more extreme whether it be hot or cold than the cabin temp. The only place I've ever heard of a CO2 sensor is in emissions control and management. Hey, what do I know? As I said it's been a while.
 
GearHead_1 said:
He's either touched up the detail since you've had it or had it in for a quick tunnel wash and vacuum. Your the little guy so your the easiest to approach. Maybe even a wife or girl friend did him a favor and had it cleaned up.

By the way I've been away from the repair industry for a while but do they really have temp sensors in the vents? What purpose would that serve? The discharge temp is always more extreme whether it be hot or cold than the cabin temp. The only place I've ever heard of a CO2 sensor is in emissions control and management. Hey, what do I know? As I said it's been a while.
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I was thinking the same :hmmm:
 
A lot of newer cars have dual climate control.
You set the temp on each side of the car.
I don't know how they are doing that but my guess is since it would be impossible to have 2 separate temps in such a small area it would need a sensor in the outlet so one side would blow more heat than the other so I can believe their may be a sensor in the vents and it would NOT be a goos idea to spray chemicals into the vents.

I would use a Q tip and apply to the vents that way, more time but better than screwing up a high $$$$ sensor they would cost 5 times more for a BMW than one for a Chevy.

That brings up another thing I read recently KIA is now making parts for BMW :wow:
 
black bart said:
A lot of newer cars have dual climate control.
You set the temp on each side of the car.
I don't know how they are doing that but my guess is since it would be impossible to have 2 separate temps in such a small area it would need a sensor in the outlet so one side would blow more heat than the other so I can believe their may be a sensor in the vents and it would NOT be a goos idea to spray chemicals into the vents.

I would use a Q tip and apply to the vents that way, more time but better than screwing up a high $$$$ sensor they would cost 5 times more for a BMW than one for a Chevy.

That brings up another thing I read recently KIA is now making parts for BMW :wow:
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Bart, I admit that I don't know but I still think the thermostat would be located in the cabin. My thought is simply that regardless of the discharge temp the cabin could still be a broad temperature spectrum. You know, if you put a thermometer in the discharge outlet with the AC cranking as low as it will go you might see temps of sub 40 degrees this doesn't translate into anything specific in the cabin. The car could be parked in the shade or sun. Once the desired cabin temp is achieved it shuts down the A/C-Heating system. In dual climate controlled vehicles I would think that it would simply use the blend doors to open or shut down one side of the system. I tried to Google it but didn't find anything that specifically discussed sensors in the vents.
 
holland_patrick said:
what's happened here beemer
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Hey Patrick, I didn't hear from you while you where on HM, here in NO CAL, so I had to guess you guys had a great time, hope so!


To date I have not heard back from him, if I had to guess he either got it taken care of under warranty, or the guy that looked at it, told him that it wasn't caused by my detailing.

But who knows at this point, it took him two months to complain, so I'm still in the window IMO:D

Thanks for asking
 
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