Hello everyone

I've been here this time last year reading every air-con related post possible as mine made no difference. I started with a regas, the garage said it was working as they found no major leeks/leaks (whichever one isn't the vegetable). Anyway, they didn't do much testing as it didn't work. So then I took the gamble of replacing the temp evap sensor because skoda wanted near enough the same price to read logged fault codes so thought it was worth a punt at just having the sensor done on the off-chance. And voila, lovely ice cold air very rapidly

I've been using the air-con through winter as I suffer from the usual condensation issues and so use it to dry the air out. I remember it working well still, It seemed mega cold if I had it on the cold setting although the outdoor temp late at night was probably not much higher than freezing point when I was mostly using it through Jan/Feb... Anyways, I've been using it for the past few months thinking its not getting very cold. Certainly not on short 10-15 minute journey I have for the commute and not overly cold on long distance (I used to find the coldest setting too cold where now its not cold enough)

So, where should I approach the situation now. I'm thinking it could be a minor gas leek which wasn't detected and is the reason it worked a few months ago but is useless now. But then has anyone had to replace the evap temp sensor more than once (is it one of those crappy VAG parts that always go?). One thing I had noticed is in Feb/March, I'd turn the air con on and it would be quite noisy, like you could hear a gas swishing/swooshing sound for the first few minutes. Now I hear nothing but can't remember if It made that sound or not last year.

Should I just take a punt at having it re-gassed again? Got to get the car in as the passenger side rear wheel stinks of burning (have read on here its possibly a sticking caliper) so perhaps I'll just take the chance.

Cheers!

Have the volume of gas in the system checked. I suspect you do have a minor leak somewhere though.

If I were you, I'd go to somewhere that sorts out A/C for a living, so not VAG or KwikFit etc, the first might fix it but skin you alive, the second will just dump some gas in and send you on your way (happy as what for a month or two - but then it wil be winter?!?).

Back to your dilema about leek or leak, its obvious, the Welsh one is the vegetable! (??)

Edited 23 May, 201016 yr by rum4mo

That made me LOL - thanks! ...& it's the second one - that isn't!

Cheers for the replies, think I do need to have a look around at who's going to actually care as the two independents I used said 'they'll stick it on the reader and the machine will that does the AC will tell them if there are problems' but this wasn't detected last time. At least none of you have pointed to an early death of the evap temp sensor (although that is probs the cheapest repair!)

As you had it re-gassed last year and the sensor changed, the next course of action is to have some dye pumped into the system, costs about £20. Then drive it around for a few days and go back to the a/c man so he can check for any vegetables.