LotuStuart Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 My fitting was delayed until Monday/Tuesday. After that I'll have a spare condensor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotuStuart Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Great! All done and cooling (I'm told). Either of the condensers I bought will fit, the one I didn't use was (typically) the one that would have been easier to fit-and is also considerably cheaper. Pictures to follow showing what I can of the install-but it is behind that grill... Meanwhile, I have a spare condenser. It is the one shown in the posting above with my broken finger. Anyone looking for a single condenser conversion (ans so can chuck away those awful spidery hoses and 24 connectors...) get in touch! It is brand new, in box, unfitted and £90+postage (the cost to me). Benefit is tha tI have it in stock now, and can send it out on Thursday, so you could have it installed at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 As I've just this morning found out that my system works, I count me out for the spare condenser, Stu. This has been an interesting exercise, and if I need to change condensers in future, I'll definitely be setting fire to the car. Sorry, I meant fitting a single unit. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotuStuart Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 OK Ian, no problem. Anybody else, please shout or it'll be heading back to Dale this weekend-30 April noon deadline. (He very kindly agreed to a return if no-one here wants it) S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Did Alex get sorted? Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Carter Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yes Ian the problem is the splitter or y section but after talking with an engineering friend he's suggested drilling and tapping an alloy block then adding the new pipes from pirtek should be a little fiddly but will work better than what I'm currently left with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Alex Carter said: Yes Ian the problem is the splitter or y section but after talking with an engineering friend he's suggested drilling and tapping an alloy block then adding the new pipes from pirtek should be a little fiddly but will work better than what I'm currently left with Are you sticking with the twin condensers, then? I thought you were going single? Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Carter Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 to be honest air con is bottom of the list at present al lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Carter Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 so my merry bunch of specialists who or where can i buy 180 degree couplings for the correct ends to the stock condenser both high pressure and low pressure also a Y splitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotuStuart Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Golly it was nice to have my aircon on today. And then it was nice to turn it off and open the windows. Its good to have options. 😖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Stuart, is you a/c still working with your single condenser? Both of mine are shot. I’ve tried getting the standard size replacements from Germany but they are the wrong size. I ordered from 2 different places , when the units turned up the box was labelled as Frigair 848.001 248x 414 but were actually nearer 530x 340 core size ? Weird. From 2 separate suppliers as well . Now after reading this thread I’m thinking of going single! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotuStuart Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Yes indeed. It is working and working fine. Mia it as cold as my A3? No. But on the hottest of days I have been very happy with it-recycling the cabin air is the beat way to stay chilled. I’d be interested to compare my version with one using the “broken finger” condenser. The volume of gas to use is the only issue. Mine was done by experts so I trust them to have got it right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 UV5005 is the P/N of the units I used. Try a search using the EAN? 4045385017188 Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyww Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 This was the single one I used, works fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotuStuart Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Remember to get the connections right. Dale who i ordered from also made up the connectors. Very helpful and fitted as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Chillidoggy said: UV5005 is the P/N of the units I used. Try a search using the EAN? 4045385017188 Cheers Ian. The ones I got were the Frigair condensers. On the box they had 414x248x19 but that wasn’t what’s inside. Must have a whole load incorrectly labelled?? Maybe I’ll try the AVA ones which is what comes up when you search The EAN above. Might wait till my refunds come through. Stuart. Thanks, Good to here it’s still working. I’ll have to have a think about what I should do....hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 I think the condensers I bought came from eBay, from Eastern Europe somewhere. @swindon_alandid the legwork, and I think they were about £100 for the pair so I decided to chance it. The price looks to have shot up now, though. I’ve had to trawl back through pages of my refurb thread to see what I did with the condensers and why. I see the reason I stayed with the original twin set-up was the surface area of the condensers. On the S4s they’re largely hidden behind the charge air cooler radiator, and I felt the air-con system needed as much help as possible. I could have plumped for a single unit but that would have entailed more bracketry and pipe work for me, and I was knee-deep in other work at the time. Clearly, a single unit works, as has been proved, and with it not being masked by a charge air rad in your V8 it’s another option to consider. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 https://www.winparts.be/koelsysteem-verwarming/airco-condensor/c15/condensor-airconditioning-uv5005-ava-quality-cooling/p706521.html 1 Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Great Ian, Interestingly there is a uk site? anyway same price and they should be here tomorrow! Third time lucky Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyww Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Mine came from https://www.autoairconparts.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, andyblackman777 said: Great Ian, Interestingly there is a uk site? anyway same price and they should be here tomorrow! Third time lucky Andy There may be, but any I found were listed as being a lot more money. I'm pretty sure that's where I got mine from, though. They did a Tour de Europe but turned up in about a week, as I recall. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gis Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 To add to this thread, it’s possible to remove the old condenser on G cars without draining coolant or oil. I dropped the radiator cassette using threaded bar in the middle position of the cassette. Removed the mid cassette screw, inserted the long bar, then removed the other screws and gradually lowered the cassette until I had sufficient clearance to get the old condenser out. My coolant hoses had sufficient flex to accommodate it. The size of the old condenser is 89x26x4.5cm. The new parallel flow unit from CBS is 48x25x3cm. There is a 1/2 gap between the condenser and the radiator (same as the old setup) I used the cable tie method from CBS to secure it and added a holding bracket as a backup. 1 1 Quote Ad initium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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