Aircon Pipework

[peckish]

Hello everyone.

 

I have just returned from Overseas and my wife informed me that the AirCon control panel flashed for a few seconds before returning to normal. I did a quick check with VAG-Com and noticed that it had logged a pressure switch in alarm. I took the vehicle around to a local AC specialist who pressure tested it and found that the alloy tubing from the collector/dehydrator to the expansion valve had a hole in it. It looks like it happened due to it rubbing on something. I called my local SEAT dealer for a price on this pipe and was quoted

[Guest lawton]

How did you track the fault to the pressure switch. My display flashes, I suspect the fan control unit or the pressure switch and I cannot get my ford dealer to bother to read the codes. (See my thread on here at present)

Cheers

[Guest Murdock]

Have a look at this post:

 

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/Forum/index.p...t=0entry14114

 

Hopefully this will help you.

[peckish]

lawton: I used the VAG-COM interface and software to read the fault codes and this told me that the pressure switch had recorded a fault. I got the system pressure tested and that revealed the holed pipework.

 

Murdock: Thanks for the reply. I never noticed your previous posting on the same subject. I will give the Ford dealer a ring and get a quote from him.

 

Regards to all.

 

peckish.

[neil]

Peckish

 

Where did you obtain the VAG-COM equipment? Is it expensive and how user friendly is it ? Ford want

[peckish]

Hello Neil.

 

I found an original Ross-Tech HEX-USB interface on eBay some time ago. It looked like it had never been used and I got if for around