Choosing the best A/C Condensor

Pugliese

Pugliese

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My earlier thread got a bit confused between A/C Condensor and compressor, so thought I would start a new thread.

Decided to tackle fitting a new A/C Condensor and dryer myself. With the help of members on here I have figured out how to get the bumper off and now just have two further questions: -

1. Can anyone recommend a brand of condensor & dryer? I think the Part no is 8Z0260403F but there are quite a few to choose from https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/condenser-10455/audi/a2/a2-8z0/13359-1-4-tdi

2. Once the bumper is off, do I need any special tools to change the condensor & dryer?

Thanks

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Nissens is good enough for my 2014 ford and worked well. Make sure you use the correct new seals for the pipes if you can and tighten correctly.
 
I think its illegal to let gas out as it is devastating to ozone, so if it hasn't been vacuumed out, you should do it. If system is empty and has been for while you will need to add right pag oil back in to system.
 
CrispyEdd said:
I think its illegal to let gas out as it is devastating to ozone, so if it hasn't been vacuumed out, you should do it. If system is empty and has been for while you will need to add right pag oil back in to system.
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True. Real Bad for the environment.
 
CrispyEdd said:
I think its illegal to let gas out as it is devastating to ozone, so if it hasn't been vacuumed out, you should do it. If system is empty and has been for while you will need to add right pag oil back in to system.
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Just to correct this, whilst R134a is a greenhouse gas, it came in because it is not ozone depleting. You're right though, it is illegal to deliberately discharge this gas.

It replaced R12 refrigerant which really was the nasty stuff, and very much ozone depleting.

As a context, and I'm not for a minute suggesting anyone deliberately discharges their system, cars lose about 5-10% of gas a year anyway by means of losses through the compressor seals and so on (as discussed on here recently: much heated disgust at the fact the vehicle AC systems are inherently a bit 'lossy'). To put it another way, that's the same as one in ten or twenty cars you drive by losing all of its refrigerant in any given year (!). Say 10 million cars on UK roads with AC ...

Here's the Wiki for those interested:

r134a Wiki

Note what it says about those cans of 'air' you use for blowing out keyboards and the like ( :oops:)

Oddly it suggests that R134a was outlawed for vehicles after 2011 in the EU but I thought I'd seen it on very much later cars. It has now been superseded by R1234y.

To return to the thread: yes, Nissens is an OEM manufacturer so you won't go wrong there.
 
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