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Offline Womblearmy

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Air Con
« on: February 15, 2015, 05:39:44 pm »
Evening everyone.

On the climate controls on MK5 GTI, under the ACON button its says ECON, whats the difference and does it matter? :wink:
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Offline doylebros

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Re: Air Con
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2015, 05:45:08 pm »
Econ means the Aircon is as good as switched off (working but only at a fraction of its capacity to prevent various seals drying out). :happy2:
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Re: Air Con
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2015, 05:58:30 pm »
Cheers doylebros :happy2:
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Re: Air Con
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2015, 06:12:18 pm »
Quote from: doylebros on February 15, 2015, 05:45:08 pm
Econ means the Aircon is as good as switched off (working but only at a fraction of its capacity to prevent various seals drying out). :happy2:

I didn't realise it still works slightly. Very clever stuff  :smiley:
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Re: Air Con
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 05:45:22 pm »
What happenes of you leave it on all the time?
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Re: Air Con
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 05:57:12 pm »
It's not uncommon for people to leave the aircon on all the time - disadvantage is less mpg!
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