aircon pump

[Kevgem]

hi to everyone, hope you all had a good Christmas & new year, i have a 1013 face lift superb and the ac compressor stopped working it first stated rattling/jangling when it wasn't switched on but went quiet when i switched the aircon on so i was thinking pully bearing? didn't bother me that much as weather was getting colder but i hate things not right on my cars so priced a new compressor good job i was sitting down when i made the phone call lol, anyway i have found a second hand one with the same make and the same part number. but this used one is coming off a (2007 vw touran) with this being the same make and part number would it have the same fitting points on it?

cheers kev

[rbhelle]

Should fit as long as it is same OE partsnumber. I guess it is a Sanden PXE16 compressor. Many VW Golf, passat and skoda uses that one or similar. Same bolt ons.

 

[J.R.]

It might be is that your problem is a partially failed shear plate.

 

The pulley bearing turns all the time, mine is noisy as I used one from a previous high mileage compressor when my shear plate failed during my learning curve of regassing the system, it makes a bit of a RonRonRon drone and gets quieter when I switch on the AC or maybe its when I switch it off.

 

Whether it is a shear plate or the pulley I would replace them and not countenance the time and expense of replacing the pump which would also involve a vacuum down and recharge.

 

Having stripped them down the pumps are pretty bulletproof but will throw small and delicate components all over the garage floor when you try to re-assemble them unless you find an apprentice trained octopus!

Edited 3 January by J.R.

[Kevgem]

so can you get air con compressors repaired? at what sort of cost ? obviously the pump would need sending off to where they repaired them if they can be repaired but would that leave the car unusable until the pump was re fitted  ? 

cheers kev 

[rbhelle]

You sure its not this little fella that has met its eol? Ac regulating valve.

[Kevgem]

i couldn't tell you buddy i just know it made a growly/jangly type nose when the engine was running but couldn't tell where exactly it was coming from, then found if i turned the are con on it stopped making the nose. then after some time the air con stopped working and then i realised that there was no tiny increase in the rpm when sat just ticking over, when it was working there was always i small increase on the rpm counter when you switch the air con on at idle.

cheers kev 

[Kevgem]

hi everyone, with summer on the way i finally decided to get my a/c compressor fixed, is there a repair kit for my compressor (SANDEN 1K0 820 859 F) having trouble finding some sort of refurb kit for it? every time i think i have found something it turns out that its from another make and not a sanden there are plenty of second hand compressors for sale the same as mine but knowing my luck if i get a used one fitted it would pack up within a week lol. so i thought of going down the route of getting the one on my car repaired should work out a bit cheaper for me fingers crossed, i am presuming it will need gas out and gas back in ? i have no idea of the price for that + the compressor removed and re fit  + refurb, has anyone had this done and could give me some idea of cost?

cheers kev!

[J.R.]

Look at the shear plate, it sounds like it has let go.

 

Other than that, a noisy pulley bearing or the modulating valve they are bulletproof, there really are no parts I can think of to make up a repair kit worthy of its name.

[Kevgem]

thanks for reply, so is my only option to but a new compressor? 

[Paws4Thot]

2 hours ago, Kevgem said:

hi everyone, with summer on the way i finally decided to get my a/c compressor fixed, is there a repair kit for my compressor (SANDEN 1K0 820 859 F) having trouble finding some sort of refurb kit for it? every time i think i have found something it turns out that its from another make and not a sanden there are plenty of second hand compressors for sale the same as mine but knowing my luck if i get a used one fitted it would pack up within a week lol. so i thought of going down the route of getting the one on my car repaired should work out a bit cheaper for me fingers crossed, i am presuming it will need gas out and gas back in ? i have no idea of the price for that + the compressor removed and re fit  + refurb, has anyone had this done and could give me some idea of cost?

cheers kev!

No idea beyond talking to an automotive air con specialist and not a Skoda main stealer!

[Kevgem]

ok thanks!