muppetofdoom Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Howdy peeps, right, my mk1 1.9tdi's aircon compresser along with it's clutch have died, got a scrappy's replacement and was hoping someone here could offer some advice on best way to remove old knackered one and refit old hopefully not so knackered one ! The system has already been drained, i'm not too fussed about the air con working just want to be able to run engine without the god awful smell coming from the burning clutch on the compresser,which i'm guessing won't be for long anyway :) .As always cheers in advance for any help y'all can offer ! Quote
muppetofdoom Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Posted January 18, 2011 by the way is there an easy way to check the replacement compresser before i fit it ? Quote
gregers Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 are you totally sure the compressor is fubared,because you can replace the clutch with the compressor in situ. word of warning,if your system is empty fine,if not you are NOT meant to allow the refrigerant to atmosphere. then when your new 1 is fitted,it will require a complete clean out,and a regas. Quote
muppetofdoom Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 are you totally sure the compressor is fubared,because you can replace the clutch with the compressor in situ. word of warning,if your system is empty fine,if not you are NOT meant to allow the refrigerant to atmosphere. then when your new 1 is fitted,it will require a complete clean out,and a regas. yeh its fubar, when it first went engine kept stalling, now its just the sweet smell of burning clutch :) , system was emptied at a garage to attempt to get car mobile again, as for flushing and regas not sure its worth it, don't plan on using air con as its a piss poor system that seems to cause more trouble than comfort Quote
chrispb123456 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 are you totally sure the compressor is fubared,because you can replace the clutch with the compressor in situ. word of warning,if your system is empty fine,if not you are NOT meant to allow the refrigerant to atmosphere. then when your new 1 is fitted,it will require a complete clean out,and a regas. yeh its fubar, when it first went engine kept stalling, now its just the sweet smell of burning clutch :lol: , system was emptied at a garage to attempt to get car mobile again, as for flushing and regas not sure its worth it, don't plan on using air con as its a piss poor system that seems to cause more trouble than comfortIf your really not bothered about having aircon why not take the compressor off and put a shorter belt on?Personally I wouldn't be without it now, even though it's poor system it's better than nothing, driving with the windows open is alright on short journeys but is to noisy on long motorway drives, and with the added drag will hit your fuel economy also. Quote
muppetofdoom Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 yeh its fubar, when it first went engine kept stalling, now its just the sweet smell of burning clutch :lol: , system was emptied at a garage to attempt to get car mobile again, as for flushing and regas not sure its worth it, don't plan on using air con as its a piss poor system that seems to cause more trouble than comfortIf your really not bothered about having aircon why not take the compressor off and put a shorter belt on?Personally I wouldn't be without it now, even though it's poor system it's better than nothing, driving with the windows open is alright on short journeys but is to noisy on long motorway drives, and with the added drag will hit your fuel economy also. Yeh, it is nice, but on and old girl like mine i'm not sure it's worth the price of repair ? as for fitting a shorter belt the one or 2 places i asked about it, looked and mutterd something about the belt running too close to the cam belt to risk it. If the belt ever went it might take the cam belt with it ? As i am unwise in these things i just took thier word for it. Quote
v6mikey Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Quite straight forward to change the compressor. I did it myself. You have to remove the engine guard underneath then it has a couple of bolts that hold the compressor to the engine and the 2 pipes to the compressor need an allen key. The automatic belt adjustment on the V6 is a doddle (Not sure what its like on yours.), just need an old 10mm threaded nut to screw into a hole on the adjuster to slacken off the belt. I bought a second hand compressor from fleabay last year and it works fine. :lol: Quote
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