Engine bay air con bits

[tony_ack 0]

I'm after the Diavia aircon bits from the engine bay, including:

 

Compressor

Condensor

Drier

All pipework

Pressure switch

Any extra a/c relays

 

Don't need the cabin bits as I'm hoping to go Climatronic, but I'd consider the whole lot if someone has a full setup and doesn't want to split.

 

Or if anyone knows where else to source the bits from, or setups from other cars that will fit let me know.

[fla 9]

Tony - a few years back i bought a new condensor from a Polo, which i'll need to graft into mine. Its smaller but has better conductivity than the larger old Diavia one, hence more eficient. iirc it was about £20 brand new. Plus i picked up a new drier from aby for about a tenner. Compressors - not sure about that, but i'm sure someone can help out.

Let me know when you go down the climatronic route - i have the airhandling unit plus the control panel, just need to see how it all fits together...

I guess i'm just another Corrado hoarder, lol

[tony_ack 0]

Cheers Hasan, I'm still trying to source parts at the moment, and the bit I'm fretting about most is the under-bonnet stuff as my car hasn't got aircon. I know tonedef used a Passat VR6 setup, but there are only about 40 Passat VR6s left in the country, and he had to butcher the slam panel to get it in.

 

I'm pretty sure a compressor from a Golf VR6 will work as it's the same as the one on the Passat, but the biggest worry for me is the pipework. I've checked the Passat VR6 part numbers for the pipework on Vagcat and unfortunately it's all unique to a rhd Passat VR6!

 

Which Polo was the condensor off? Does it look like it will attach fairly easily?

 

It's proving very difficult to find someone breaking a car who will let you have everything you need! You could do with the engine loom as there are a few sensors on there, and also the dash wiring used by the climatronic system (including sunlight sensor)

 

The MK4 boys do this conversion quite a lot and there is a special kufatec loom they use but I think it is designed to work with the MK4 wiring.

 

I'm planning to do a full write up, including part numbers, donor cars, etc, but I'm still some way off at the moment!

[MikeVR6 0]

I had a new compressor fitted a few weeks ago. The original was made by Sanden, Model U 7822.

The aircon specialist had no problem finding a replacement although he did have to modify the mountings for it to fit correctly.

[fla 9]

Cheers Hasan, I'm still trying to source parts at the moment, and the bit I'm fretting about most is the under-bonnet stuff as my car hasn't got aircon. I know tonedef used a Passat VR6 setup, but there are only about 40 Passat VR6s left in the country, and he had to butcher the slam panel to get it in.

 

I'm pretty sure a compressor from a Golf VR6 will work as it's the same as the one on the Passat, but the biggest worry for me is the pipework. I've checked the Passat VR6 part numbers for the pipework on Vagcat and unfortunately it's all unique to a rhd Passat VR6!

 

Which Polo was the condensor off? Does it look like it will attach fairly easily?

 

It's proving very difficult to find someone breaking a car who will let you have everything you need! You could do with the engine loom as there are a few sensors on there, and also the dash wiring used by the climatronic system (including sunlight sensor)

 

The MK4 boys do this conversion quite a lot and there is a special kufatec loom they use but I think it is designed to work with the MK4 wiring.

 

I'm planning to do a full write up, including part numbers, donor cars, etc, but I'm still some way off at the moment!

 

I'm not actually sure which Polo - its boxed in the garage so i'll dig it out and get back to you shortly.

 

You're right about the Kufatec wiring. Deffo give Tonedef a shout as he's done what i am (hopefully) planning to do ie OBD2 and then climate control. Might be a bit of a mission, but he is extremely thorough in his approach, plus pretty clued up on ths too! Could you not use flexible hoses with swaged ends from Pirtek (or similar)? If its of use i could take some pics of my engine bay showing the aircon setup. Its not the prettiest, i think Diavia could have done a better job of routing the pipes in a more concealed route, like the US cars have them.

 

I will be coming up north soon, so might give you a shout to get some ideas together, perhaps grab Tony as well? I think he's in Chesterfield?

[tony_ack 0]

Okay, thanks for the help. I am starting to think it may be better to ditch the Diavia stuff altogether. The polo condensor may be an option if it fits, and then get the drier off a similar era VAG car.

 

For the compressor, I was still thinking of going for the MK3 VR6, but if the MK4 era one fits, it could be an interesting proposition

 

I've updated my members gallery thread with more info on the Climatronic swap, so may be best to head there to continue the discussion!

 

http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?53635-Ant-s-VR6-Climatronic-swap-begins-here!&p=733298#post733298