Ok many will know my condensor was shagged, so I ordered the replacement parts from AutoVaux, the dryer is called the "Evaporator" on there system for future refernce.
Paid £107 for the condensor & £77 for the Dryer + Vat, Bargin when my orignal condensor quote was £230 + vat ... without the dryer!
So took the parts down to a local air-con guy, who fitted the parts for me for 30£ notes, did a good job, took him just over an hour to get the new parts in, he re-gassed it will oil as well, total cost 90£ notes.
Result the Aircon is fantasic! So powerfull it really blasts out super cold air, really impresive differnce.
We also took a look at the pollen filter (i did't know how to remove it before), his technical opinion was "thats ****ed m8"
He said that would cause problems it was in such a bad state, he said its go get a new one, don't put that in for now you should be ok for a day or so without one.
Driving back without the pollen filter... bugger me was the climate powerfull! We all know how hot it was today, driving around at miday I had it set at 22!! any lower and it was too cold!
Now the pollen filer was white on the edges but black & white in the middle, I remember seeing posts from "the other side" saying pre-facelift ones were white, facelift black? Mine was definelty white and gone black with crap.. so I need to replace it. Does anyone have a GM part number I can quote to some Vx Monkeys to get the correct pollen filter for the facelifts?
Thanks
Btw Jamie I can really reccommend that guy if your aircon packs up, I think I found my new mechanic