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WILLZIE

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Aircon service really needed!??
« on: August 10, 2011, 12:24:37 am »
Been told by my dealer I need an Aircon service! but to me its still nice and cold!..??? little bit confused.

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 09:12:30 am »
A good money spinner in difficult times.  Challenge them on what they think needs doing (What prompted the suggestion) and also what they intend to do for the cost quoted.
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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 12:33:53 pm »
Thats a good point!  :happy2: I can understand servicing cars but aircon service, not sure,  :confused: especially as its working fine at the moment.

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 12:39:31 pm »
One of the things they do is to spray a product into the car which sanitises the aircon but you can buy this and do it yourself if you like.

http://www.performancemotorcare.com/acatalog/Wurth_Quick-Fresh.html

http://www.gbdriver.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=459&zenid=6cea3ec4204a4619d2be80d1b3e6cf67
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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 12:45:59 pm »
Ive done this in the past, yet I bet this is what the dealer would do for the £115 they want. As well as the £537 cam belt replacement without the waterpump!
Robbing dealers.

Thanks for the info!  :drinking:

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2011, 12:59:07 pm »
Ive done this in the past, yet I bet this is what the dealer would do for the £115 they want. As well as the £537 cam belt replacement without the waterpump!
Robbing dealers.

Is that a VW dealer? Both of those are fixed price items and should be 79 and 319, you are indeed being robbed
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/fixed-price-servicing

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2011, 01:00:29 pm »
£537 is way too much.

Not sure where you are located but Stafford Audi do it for £379 Inc.

http://www.audicambelt.co.uk/files/cambelt_a3.php

That also exceeds the VW quoted fixed pricing - http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/fixed-price-servicing
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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2011, 01:20:25 pm »
Well thats my ammo!! cheers guys, the most it should be with the waterpump is £399!! Ill keep posted on it!  :happy2:

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2011, 01:42:45 pm »
Yeah the £399 was what i got quoted from my local dealer. Thought it was quite reasonable for a dealer. Still getting a independant garage to do it for £175 mind lol.

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2011, 01:46:08 pm »
they hit me with this.  struck me as a load of rubbish so i checked with an refrigeration engineer .   :P

they claim it refreshes the refrigerant but you don't have your fridge serviced every year.  the refigerant is closed loop, so if its low or escaped you have a leak,  it also has no shelf life.

they also claim to squirt a lubricant in the system.  the enigneer i asked said refrigerent is naturally lubricatating and the compressor bearing has sealed grease.

so providing the system is in good shape, as far as i can gather its a complete waste of time.  i think it probably a good idea to run the system once a month to prevent the compressor siezing, but otherwise if its working leave it alone.  :booty:

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Re: Aircon service really needed!??
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 02:29:09 pm »
It's highly likely that my answer is because I'm a tight Scottish b*stard, but unless my A/c actually breaks it's not getting any $$$ spent on it.  :rolleye:

I'm sure i've read Teutonic_Tamer saying that somewhere saying that ^^.


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