My aircon has expired, again... Ok, I know I should take it out and save myself 70kg in weight, but I do like to keep cool in the summer, and misty-window free in the autumn, so I want to fix it.
It's already had a new drier and aircon rad, and a recharge (plus a conversion to 134a), when they did the recharge they put the UV leak detection fluid in...
Took it to VACS in West Byfleet today and they sourced the leak to the Compressor. Literally the only component that hadn't already been replaced, but the leaking UV dye was clear to see.
My question is this - is the 3B aircon compressor any different to the ABY one? They couldn't actually find the part on their system, and Audi said the OE part was, wait for it, £900, and that that was on back-order anyway...
So, what compressor could I use? How much should I pay? Now way am I paying £900 for it.
This is one of an alarmingly increasing list of faults that my S2 is developing at the moment and I'm getting a bit hacked off with this expensive crate.
It's already had a new drier and aircon rad, and a recharge (plus a conversion to 134a), when they did the recharge they put the UV leak detection fluid in...
Took it to VACS in West Byfleet today and they sourced the leak to the Compressor. Literally the only component that hadn't already been replaced, but the leaking UV dye was clear to see.
My question is this - is the 3B aircon compressor any different to the ABY one? They couldn't actually find the part on their system, and Audi said the OE part was, wait for it, £900, and that that was on back-order anyway...
So, what compressor could I use? How much should I pay? Now way am I paying £900 for it.
This is one of an alarmingly increasing list of faults that my S2 is developing at the moment and I'm getting a bit hacked off with this expensive crate.
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