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Title: Help...air con
Post by: gti265 on May 19, 2011, 03:51:07 pm: Hello all,

Tight my air com seems to of stoped working :( it worked fine then worked ocasionaly now it doesnt seem to want to work atall, itl still blow hot air and normal air through just doesnt seem to want to be cold.

Do you think just a service as its 5 years old and i dont no if its ever had one

Or is it the compressor pump thingy

Thanks
Tom
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: StuF on May 19, 2011, 03:55:03 pm: Try a regas first - cheapest option, then if that doesnt work things may start to get expensive!
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: gti265 on May 19, 2011, 04:07:28 pm: Thats what i was afraid of, ahh well might be time to take out an extended warrenty then. :signLOL:

Tom
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: Boothy on May 19, 2011, 04:08:34 pm: Definitely try the re gas but knowing how poor the compressor is its quite likely that its failed. I hope for your sake it isn't though as its pretty expensive to sort out.

Good luck.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: bacillus on May 19, 2011, 06:15:57 pm: I would concur with a regas.
If you have access to vcds then a fault scan of your Auto HVAC may help pin point another cause if the regas doesn't help.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: Poppa Dom on May 19, 2011, 07:23:47 pm: Any worthy AC specialist will use equipment that will inject UV dye on a regas and undertake a pressure test once the system is purged before re-gassing. Reputable places will not charge if at that point it fails a pressure test. I was in this position and the uv dye showed that the high pressure switch had failed rather than the compressor. £45 for part plus labour.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: gti265 on May 19, 2011, 09:57:35 pm: ahh cheers, where do you recomend getting it done, ats or kwikfit? i no normaly people say to steer clean with tyre fitting but they cant bodge up an aircon regas can they?? or can main dealers do it?

thanks
tom
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: heady2010 on May 19, 2011, 10:38:20 pm: main dealers can do it mate, it might be worth going there to start with as they will know where to look right away if its a common fault. sh*tfit will most likely regas, charge u and send u away without making any effort to inspect. Also go careful with an extended warranty to cover you for aircon faults, alot of the time they will argue its damage or corrosion and will try to wriggle out of it, there are some decent warranty compainies out there but there are alot of rubbish ones.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: deccae on May 25, 2011, 12:04:13 am: Had my 2005 GT air con fail a few years a go. Cost me about £1300 to have every thing replaced. I was told a stone seemed to have damaged lower a/c radiator allowing all the gas to escape.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: AlanD on May 25, 2011, 11:11:33 am: £1300 !!!!!! 'Kings hell. Id rather just not have AC and wind the window down than have to pay that, thats a serious repair bill for a bit of cold air.
Title: Re: Help...air con
Post by: Britishlion on May 25, 2011, 11:55:11 am: Quote from: AlanD on May 25, 2011, 11:11:33 am
£1300 !!!!!! 'Kings hell. Id rather just not have AC and wind the window down than have to pay that, thats a serious repair bill for a bit of cold air.

My GTI has electric windows ?? :grin: :grin: :grin: