ridway Posted October 7, 2009 Report Posted October 7, 2009 Well I suppose it was inevitable. The air con broke today, big style with a bang and a catastrophic loss of gas. It made me jump to say the least and several pedestrians gave me funny looks. The problem; the high gas pressure hose from the compressor to the condensor failed big time when the rubber bit blew out of the crimp. This was caused by failure of the cooling fan relays so the pressure just built up and up as the gas got hotter and hotter while i'd pulled in to answer a mobile call. Ford only want 140 +vat for a new pipe assembly, then 50+ to change it then 65+ to vacuum and recharge. This can wait till next year. Make sure your cooling fan are working because it seems the air con system suffers before the water system even starts to rise above normal. Relay 419 under the fuse link box is the problem 48 +vat fora new one Rich Quote
Willie Krashitt Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 The pressure shouldn't just keep increasing as there is a switch that should shut the system down if the pressure goes too high. You will need to check that it is ok as well. The system pressure is quite high anyway, so it might just have been a fatigued/ aged pipe that couldn't take it any more (bit worrying if it is that though. Do you mean the 2-piece pipe (with a join at the top of the front bulkhead?) If so, I think you will find that this pipe is significantly cheaper at a VW dealer (around Quote
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