I have within the last 3 weeks had the airconditioning on my Series 2 GTI converted and re-gassed (R134). It had been unused for 3 years, due to the car being stored.
Within a fortnight of the re-gas, sufficient gas had leaked away to activate the pressure switch, and thus isolate the electrical circuit to the compressor.
The re-gas included the addition of a leak detector dye, and thus far, no evidence of a leak can be found. The thought at the moment is that it may be the evaporator. The evaporator drain tube, above the gearbox, appears to be dry, although the present cold, low moisture conditions would not be helping in the leak detection process.
When the car was on R12, no gas losses occured.
Has anyone removed an evaporator unit from a 505 before? The Haynes manual does not seem to address the airconditioning system, and I suspect that the job may be quite labour intensive, especially if the dash, instruments, ducting etc needs to be removed. I have replaced a Series 1 dash in the past, which was reasonably straight forward.
Cheers,
Kim.
Within a fortnight of the re-gas, sufficient gas had leaked away to activate the pressure switch, and thus isolate the electrical circuit to the compressor.
The re-gas included the addition of a leak detector dye, and thus far, no evidence of a leak can be found. The thought at the moment is that it may be the evaporator. The evaporator drain tube, above the gearbox, appears to be dry, although the present cold, low moisture conditions would not be helping in the leak detection process.
When the car was on R12, no gas losses occured.
Has anyone removed an evaporator unit from a 505 before? The Haynes manual does not seem to address the airconditioning system, and I suspect that the job may be quite labour intensive, especially if the dash, instruments, ducting etc needs to be removed. I have replaced a Series 1 dash in the past, which was reasonably straight forward.
Cheers,
Kim.