Major Components - Aston Martin V8 Vantage Workshop Manual

Air Conditioning (A/C) System (12.03)
Climate Control (12.00)

Major Components

Compressor
• Engine mounted, driven by the accessory drive belt
• Variable displacement type
• High-pressure relief valve, to avoid system over-pressure
• ECU controlled clutch energised via a relay
Receiver drier
• Vertically mounted on the right-hand side of the engine
bay
• The high-side charge port is installed to the high side entry
pipe to the receiver drier
Condenser
• Multi-pass fin-over-tube type, mounted in front of the
engine cooling pack and directly to the radiator
Trinary switch
Located in the compressor discharge pipe
• Provides a signal, via the A/C module, to the PCM, to
disengage the compressor clutch should the refrigerant
pressure be less than 2 bar or greater than 30 bar
• Provides a hard-wired signal to the PCM, to switch the
cooling fans to HIGH speed at 22 bar rising pressure and
to LOW speed at 17,5 bar falling pressure
• Provides a hard-wired signal to the PCM, to switch the
radiator cooling fans to LOW speed at 12 bar rising
pressure and to switch the fans OFF at 8 bar falling
pressure
Expansion Valve
The expansion valve is located on the outside of the A/C unit
and comprises of a diaphragm, connected by a capillary
tube to a temperature sensing bulb, which regulates the
valve according to temperature variations at the evaporator
outlet pipe. This component is not serviceable.
12-3-2
A/C Unit
Workshop Manual October 2005