[Mk2] [Turbo] removing air con

mattymr2 · Post by **mattymr2** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:55 pm

hi

im in the middle of dropping my engine and wondered what i need to do to get rid of my aircon.

obviously the compressor needs to come out, but what else?

im gonna get a charge cooler fitted soon so the front ac rad can come out then.

thanks

matt

toxo · Post by **toxo** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:59 am

Depends how far you want to go really. Has it got gas in it? It's illegal to release refrigerant into the atmosphere.

Once it's de-gassed you can just start ripping pipework out. Where you stop is up to you really!! Obviously compressor end you've got the tensioner and the compressor, pipework then comes off that and runs under the car with the coolant pipes. Once the single wire that connects to the compressor is disconnected your aircon will no longer work, that's it disabled. You've then got the condensor radiator at the front, and a tank type thing that I forget the name of in the passengerside wheel arch. After that there's some pipework in the frunk where the pressure sensor, H and L valves etc are. Then it gets complicated as you get into all the gubbins behind the glovebox, which if I were you I'd leave alone.

alanmr2turbo · Post by **alanmr2turbo** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:37 am

You will find the when you ripped it out the fans will run all the time. Yoou need to bridge a connector by the passenger front bulkhead to stop them.

bobhatton · Post by **bobhatton** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:42 am

alanmr2turbo wrote:You will find the when you ripped it out the fans will run all the time. Yoou need to bridge a connector by the passenger front bulkhead to stop them.

Do you have more info on this please as I have 2 friends with this problem.

Bob

blogsy · Post by **blogsy** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:56 am

Did you ever get an answer on that Bob.

acf8181 · Post by **acf8181** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:43 pm

is it working?

bobhatton · Post by **bobhatton** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:32 am

blogsy wrote:Did you ever get an answer on that Bob.

No I did not.

Peter Gidden · Post by **Peter Gidden** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:18 am

When we remove a/c we leave the rad sensor and the pressure sensor in the pipe next to the refill ports.

Never had a problem with the fan control.

bobhatton · Post by **bobhatton** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:55 am

Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:When we remove a/c we leave the rad sensor and the pressure sensor in the pipe next to the refill ports.

Never had a problem with the fan control.

So do we but some have removed the pressure sensor and the fans run all the time

alanmr2turbo · Post by **alanmr2turbo** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:23 pm

will post up a pic of what/where needs to be shorted out tonight.

monkeyra · Post by **monkeyra** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:09 pm

Please do, I have the same problem as well.

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