@tangofox
No it's cooooold. Family drove to Austin (2 hour highway drive) and the outside temp was around 92. Inside, we had dialed the temp wheel down 24-26C(just at the top of the red bar) and had the fan on auto and were still on the chilly side.
The only thing is that sometimes it takes a while for the compressor to engage after startup. It comes on sometime after I leave my neighborhood, like 1-2 miles on residential streets. Maybe 5-min after startup?
But so far
it ALWAYS comes on
EDIT: Come to think of it, there is a sort of whistling that I had always thought was the expansion valve. It will kind of chirp/whistle/creak for a little while, then cut off. It seems to come from the area of the expansion valve, but I haven't closely investigated it. But no obvious reduction in airflow unless the temp gets low enough to trip the CCU off.
@turbobenz
There is insulation on the line (aging, but still covering most of the line), but there is alot of ice on the exposed parts.
P.S. we went to my cousin's new house, and the neighbor across the street has a brown w116 (drool). Rough interior, but a straight, rust-free exterior, not driven in a little while.....I told my cousin that if they find out the owners want to give it away to have them call me
