ikon ac: water condensation & engine jerk

silver_shadow · 5th May 2008, 18:36

2 problems i'm encountering in my 1.6:

1) water dripping from under the dashboard on the left side. seems to be condensation on the AC i'm guessing.

2) engine jerking with the AC on. now i know that with the AC on there will be a loss of power but will i notice it so much that when the engine speed drops a bit the car starts jerking? i mean i'm supposed to have 91 ponies. i find at slower speeds i have to drop a gear lower than when i have the AC off. incidentally i noticed a slight jerking a little earlier. coolant top up seemed to cure that, though there is still a bit of that with the AC off... not too bad though.

sorry if these topics have been discussed earlier but i find it difficult searching AC topics because of the word length restriction :(

Jr Godzilla · 5th May 2008, 19:05

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Originally Posted by silver_shadow

2 problems i'm encountering in my 1.6:

1) water dripping from under the dashboard on the left side. seems to be condensation on the AC i'm guessing.

2) engine jerking with the AC on. now i know that with the AC on there will be a loss of power but will i notice it so much that when the engine speed drops a bit the car starts jerking? i mean i'm supposed to have 91 ponies. i find at slower speeds i have to drop a gear lower than when i have the AC off. incidentally i noticed a slight jerking a little earlier. coolant top up seemed to cure that, though there is still a bit of that with the AC off... not too bad though.

sorry if these topics have been discussed earlier but i find it difficult searching AC topics because of the word length restriction :(

water dripping can be due to pipe after evaporator being blocked
check to see if vaccum pipe which runs to inlet manifold is connected.

ramie2400 · 5th May 2008, 19:10

Hey man I also faced the same problem in my 1.3exi Ford ikon 2002,i still remember i drove my car at the max speed of 70kmpl to alibagh with full jerking issues.I showed my car to almost 3 service centers in Mumbai,but none of them were able to find the cause of it,even changed the Hi-tension cables,filters,oil-pump,spark plugs,opened the tapet head did settings,re-flashed ecm still the problem used to start after 3-4days after the car came from servicing,in last 6months the average dropped rapidly and last i remember in 500rs fuel it only ran 23kms

finally sold the car for 1L

5th May 2008, 18:36	#1
silver_shadow BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 366 Thanked: 3 Times	ikon ac: water condensation & engine jerk 2 problems i'm encountering in my 1.6: 1) water dripping from under the dashboard on the left side. seems to be condensation on the AC i'm guessing. 2) engine jerking with the AC on. now i know that with the AC on there will be a loss of power but will i notice it so much that when the engine speed drops a bit the car starts jerking? i mean i'm supposed to have 91 ponies. i find at slower speeds i have to drop a gear lower than when i have the AC off. incidentally i noticed a slight jerking a little earlier. coolant top up seemed to cure that, though there is still a bit of that with the AC off... not too bad though. sorry if these topics have been discussed earlier but i find it difficult searching AC topics because of the word length restriction :(
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5th May 2008, 19:10	#3
ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	Hey man I also faced the same problem in my 1.3exi Ford ikon 2002,i still remember i drove my car at the max speed of 70kmpl to alibagh with full jerking issues.I showed my car to almost 3 service centers in Mumbai,but none of them were able to find the cause of it,even changed the Hi-tension cables,filters,oil-pump,spark plugs,opened the tapet head did settings,re-flashed ecm still the problem used to start after 3-4days after the car came from servicing,in last 6months the average dropped rapidly and last i remember in 500rs fuel it only ran 23kms finally sold the car for 1L Last edited by ramie2400 : 5th May 2008 at 19:11.
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