Selling car - fix aircon or leave?

[denpot]

Hi

I'm about to sell my immaculate 2001 Octavia TDi Elegance, its done high mileage (110,000) fully serviced but the aicon has broken, i'm able to get another compressor for

[Leeboy]

Hi

I'm about to sell my 2001 Octavia TDi Elegance, its done high mileage (110,000) fully serviced but the aicon has broken, i'm able to get another compressor for

[DGW]

I too would leave it unfixed but I would declare that it isn't working and discount the selling price by, say,

[JRHartley]

Can't see anyone switching it on before next spring time....

[denpot]

cheers guys, gonna leave the aircon...

[dstev2000]

Is it the compressor thats gone or is it a case of no refrigerant in the system?

[CupraR-Rog]

Fix it

When I was looking at cars recently, I walked away from any where the a/c didn't work.

[Kentish]

Fix it

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Agreed. If the car had aircon but it wasnt working, I wouldnt bother with it.

[Tech1e]

Is it the compressor thats gone or is it a case of no refrigerant in the system?

More than likely on a TDi that the clutch has fallen off. Would require a new compressor and clutch, receiver dryer and regas.

[mannyo]

Agreed. If the car had aircon but it wasnt working, I wouldnt bother with it.

Same here, if the car has A/C I have always checked it works. To me if its not working, what else isnt working. The A/C still works perfectly on my 8 year old mondeo, and that has nearly 146,000 miles on the clock.

Chances are it will be much cheaper to get it fixed by a mobile aircon specialist, labour rates are usually much cheaper and part to I would guess.

At this time of year its surprising how handy it is at demisting damp misted windows.

However if using it to p/ex at a dealer dont bother fixing it.

[Dr Zoidberg]

I wouldn't buy a car with broken aircon unless it was very heavily reduced.

If the seller says "it'll only cost

[DGW]

More than likely on a TDi that the clutch has fallen off. Would require a new compressor and clutch, receiver dryer and regas.

IIRC that would cost a substantial amount of money which is unlikely to be recovered fully when selling.

[Tech1e]

IIRC that would cost a substantial amount of money which is unlikely to be recovered fully when selling.

I would agree

[dstev2000]

And of course don't forget the classic "It only needs a re-gas".

Air con is taken for granted until it breaks and then it bites you square in the *** when it comes to forking out for repairs.

Thank god for company cars..........

[denpot]

lummox, correct i was told it was the clutch only, but the engineer was'nt sure...

[Tech1e]

lummox, correct i was told it was the clutch only, but the engineer was'nt sure...

Yup but you cant buy the clutch on their own now. They now come as a complete pre assembled unit as the clutches were still not being set up right and failing again and when you did just replace the clutch it usually wasnt long before the bearings in the compressor gave in due to the heat of the clutch slipping.