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NO COLD AIR FROM AIR CON
rich83:
Silly way to go about it but hey.. its your car. :confused:
Pesky jones:
I dunno to be honest. If the bodge part breaks, all that's going to happen is he needs to replace it right? Worst case scenario, he buys one for 6 euro. It breaks/ arrives broken. He wasted 6 euro. Best case scenario - He buys one for 6 euro. It works fine. He's saved 79 euro. The risk in that is worth it in my eyes. If the bodge part was 20,30,40 euro then its a different story...
lukemk5gti:
--- Quote from: Peskyjones on May 18, 2016, 09:22:17 am ---I dunno to be honest. If the bodge part breaks, all that's going to happen is he needs to replace it right? Worst case scenario, he buys one for 6 euro. It breaks/ arrives broken. He wasted 6 euro. Best case scenario - He buys one for 6 euro. It works fine. He's saved 79 euro. The risk in that is worth it in my eyes. If the bodge part was 20,30,40 euro then its a different story...
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Same thinking @Peskyjones
It's only a minor sensor so I'm not that worried, anything major I wouldn't even think about a Chinese rip off but as it stands I've already saved myself a considerable amount of money! VW were looking for €99 for scan, €85 for sensor and another €100 for labour so all in it's my €55 versus their €284. Yes I have to wait a month and yes there was trial and error with gassing the system first to rule out that but it's still worth it in my eyes!
xjay1337:
--- Quote from: Peskyjones on May 18, 2016, 09:22:17 am ---I dunno to be honest. If the bodge part breaks, all that's going to happen is he needs to replace it right? Worst case scenario, he buys one for 6 euro. It breaks/ arrives broken. He wasted 6 euro. Best case scenario - He buys one for 6 euro. It works fine. He's saved 79 euro. The risk in that is worth it in my eyes. If the bodge part was 20,30,40 euro then its a different story...
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Because the bodge part means AC has to be refilled at another 50 euros cost plus labour or time to replace it.
If knew it was the sensor anyway you could have just bought the sensor for 85 quid.
I'd happily pay 30 quid more for a genuine sensor rather than a pikey piece from China, which you will probably have to pay 20% import on anyway.
lukemk5gti:
I didn't know it was the sensor at first. It was a 50/50 that it was either low gas pressure or the sensor.
Again €6 for Chinese sensor and €85 for OEM.
Each to their own Jay. I chose to save my money as it's a minor part, I wouldn't do that on anything safety related!
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