Aircon - Replaced Condensor - WOW!

[x25xe]

Tunnie - good to hear that your A/C is now OK.  My condensor also needs changing.  Where did you get your fitted?  I would like to get the part from Autovaux to keep the cost down.  My usual garage will not fit customer supplied parts without a hassle.  In any case, he can't do any work until the start of August which is no good for me!

The sound of the system working again for £200 ish sounds good as vaux want £417!!!!

[TheBoy]

I believe tunnie got his fitted by a local garage here in Brackley, Northants. IIRC, they charged him £30 to fit the parts, and another £50 - £60 to fill system.

[tunnie]

I believe tunnie got his fitted by a local garage here in Brackley, Northants. IIRC, they charged him £30 to fit the parts, and another £50 - £60 to fill system.

Yup

When I first went down there he quoted me £35 notes for the Condensor & Dryer fitted, when I dropped it off yesterday I said vac and gas it as well, which he did & put the oil in as well so was impressed. £90 in notes in the end, so I think thats a very good price for basically 2 hours labour and a full Air-Con Vac & Re-Gas.

I did ask for part numbers off AutoVaux so we can put it on a guide but they refused to give me one! :-/

Here is what I ordered:

* Condenser complete with evaporator (GM brand new)  £230.63 + vat

So in the end including fitting total was about £360, my orgnial quote from another specalist was £420 without the dryer + vat!  

Did your Vx quote include the Dryer (evaporator), and a full Vac & Regas?

As for fitting, I can only suggest looking around. I totaly forgot about that place near to me, it was only went I looked in the BT Business Directory for Air-Con Specalists his company was listed.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Tunnie - good to hear that your A/C is now OK.  My condensor also needs changing.  Where did you get your fitted?  I would like to get the part from Autovaux to keep the cost down.  My usual garage will not fit customer supplied parts without a hassle.  In any case, he can't do any work until the start of August which is no good for me!

The sound of the system working again for £200 ish sounds good as vaux want £417!!!!

The best source of condenser with receiver dryer I have found is mixandfix on ebay, he has his own site (www.airconmedic.co.uk) and runs his own aircon buisness and will do a new condenser with receiver dryer for 165 delivered inc vat....which is very good.

Hes in Selby and offers a full range os services

[nixoro]

Last time I looked mine was in need of changing.

looked more grey than white.

Are the part numbers for the pre-facelift or facelift only I need one for mine 97P omega.

[tunnie]

AFAIK all the basic air-con parts, condensor, dryer & Orings are the same for both facelift and pre-facelift

[Marks DTM Calib]

All Omegas use the same condenser and receiver dryer.

The pollen filters are as follows:

Non carbon (pre-facelift) - 93182438 - £11.30+vat
Carbon (facelift but, can be retrofitted) - 93165208 - £14.20+vat

Note, the above prices are retail, much cheaper trade.

[nixoro]

Cheers Mark for the part numbers.

My local Vx parts counter has just lately been charging me trade price.

Dont know why but seems a good thing.

Either way whether trade or retail im not too fussed.

[Marks DTM Calib]

If you get stuck then drop me a PM, they don't weigh much so postage would only be a quid or so and I get trade club price.

[nixoro]

If you get stuck then drop me a PM, they don't weigh much so postage would only be a quid or so and I get trade club price.

Cheers marks DTM shall pop into Vx on the way home from work.

I may take you up on that offer.

[markey mark]

nice one fella glad you got it sorted  

[x25xe]

Hi

Thanks for the replies.

I got a quote of £230 for the condensor with the receiver / dryer already fitted from Autovaux this morning.  That, of course, is ex VAT which makes £270.  Then there is the vac and regas / compressor oil to think about which is probably another 360.

However, the biggest problem is time which I do not have so have to go with the Vaux option I reckon.

However, whilst thinking about this, where abouts in Brackly is your air con place?  It may well be worth me using the e-bay shop as recommended by Marks DTM and taking a drive up there to have it fitted and gassed.  Do you have an address / phone number for them?

Assuming that the refrigerant has been lost is it plausable to remove and refit the condensor myself?  The Hayes manual says that the main rad has to come out.  Is this the case?

[tunnie]

Hi

Thanks for the replies.

I got a quote of £230 for the condensor with the receiver / dryer already fitted from Autovaux this morning.  That, of course, is ex VAT which makes £270.  Then there is the vac and regas / compressor oil to think about which is probably another 360.

However, the biggest problem is time which I do not have so have to go with the Vaux option I reckon.

However, whilst thinking about this, where abouts in Brackly is your air con place?  It may well be worth me using the e-bay shop as recommended by Marks DTM and taking a drive up there to have it fitted and gassed.  Do you have an address / phone number for them?

Assuming that the refrigerant has been lost is it plausable to remove and refit the condensor myself?  The Hayes manual says that the main rad has to come out.  Is this the case?

I did seriously consider removing the parts myself, but chickened out in the end. Tbh with aircon its something that has to be done by specalists and people who know what they are doing.

The guy in Brackley is quite good, but don't expect a speedy fit, he had mine most of the day  

The company is:

Bird & Eagles
25, Manor Rd, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6ED
Tel: 01280 703200

Mention that "a freind" brought there green Omega down a few days ago for the same job.. that should jog his memory. He should fit the parts for you for about £30 notes (mention me maybe get a discount)

Tbh he knows what he's doing so I let him gas it as well, although he put the wrong amount in to begin with, said "sorry m8 put the wrong amount in, i need to Vac it and bang some more in there pal ok?"

He's a typical mechianic guy, but very geniune. If you can afford the time to leave the car with him all day say 9-2 then he should have it all done for you for 90£ notes.

Did the Vaux dealer include the dryer replacent in their quote? You could always take the AutoVaux parts to Vx for fitment and have some spotty teenager fit them

[Martin_1962]

It took me 4 hours to replace the condensor on a 2.0

[tunnie]

and you know what your doing! You even put an LPG system on yourself!

Think it would have taken me several days!