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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: wrobstar21 on 12 August 2010, 13:02
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Hi all,
i need to get an obscure discontinued part for my 16v with air con. the dealership said that not many 16v's with air con were made which sounds like rubbish 2 me but there u go....
Its just the bloody tensioner roller for the ribbed belt but i cant find one anywhere? Its ridiculous!!!
isnt there some kind of thing that says european car manufacturers have to make parts fo 10 years after a vehicle is discontinued.
Any specialist breakers etc anyones used??
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Hi all,
i need to get an obscure discontinued part for my 16v with air con. the dealership said that not many 16v's with air con were made which sounds like rubbish 2 me but there u go....
Its just the bloody tensioner roller for the ribbed belt but i cant find one anywhere? Its ridiculous!!!
isnt there some kind of thing that says european car manufacturers have to make parts fo 10 years after a vehicle is discontinued.
Any specialist breakers etc anyones used??
Yes but they stopped making the mk3 in 1998 so 12years ago.
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i know but there should be a stock of parts at least, they wouldn't run out in two years!
my local dealer searched nationwide and there were none.
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Which air con do you have? Is it the climatronic one with the digital readouts?
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no its the other one with a norm and max switch in the dash.
Blimey your the first person ive spoken to who knows there are two types.
Thats whats causing me all the probs, if it were the climatronic one the part i bought originally would have fit!!
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Try looking for people, who break their 16v on eBay or here in the classifieds.
And it might be the same part on other mk3's with aircon?
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i know but there should be a stock of parts at least, they wouldn't run out in two years!
my local dealer searched nationwide and there were none.
Think about how many parts are in a mk3 plus all the differences and changes through the years can you think how big the warehouse would need to be to store all the parts.
At the end of the day with searching you should find one s/h, if not and if the air con is not working then why not switch back to a older set up.
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i do know what your sayin but a tensioner/pulley is a part that will eventually wear out, hence the availability of all kinds of tensioners for the 8v and non air con 16v. I would have no probs fixin it if that were the case!
It seems its because mine has the older manual air con and not the climatronic one!
Anyway, i got a local engineers to replace the bearing inside it, he says it shouldn't be a problem so fingers crossed!!
:smiley:
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three types of aircon I think;
climatronic
older models with max and min buttons
'96 onwards with 'AC' and recirculate buttons, temp adjusted on the normal dial
would imagine the idler would be the same on them all, if you find anything post back because I think my valver could do with a new one before too long
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Mate, ive had i right nightmare with this part.
It seems that the only different tensioner is for the old style air con with the max and min buttons. All the others are readily available from any parts place.
The one thats availalable is a composite plastic material whereas the one i need is all metal with a completely different fixing and tensioning method.
Went to my local dealer (last resort) and they searched nationwide for one, but as the part was discontinued and not many valvers were made with the older air con apparently), they couldn't find one.
So my options were to wait until i could find a breaker 16v with my type of part on it or to go to a local engineering firm and try and get em to replace the bearing inside the metal pulley.
Should find out today if he's managed it and will let you know.
It did piss me off a bit though how hard such a simple part has been to find (i didn't find one). Im sure i would eventually but i cant afford to have my golf off the road for that long. Would be good to find out how many were made with my spec as its a bit off to produce a part/set-up that you cant fix.
still should find out today!
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Long shot but is it the same on ABF's fitted to say the Corrado, Passat or Seat's maybe.
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Long shot but is it the same on ABF's fitted to say the Corrado, Passat or Seat's maybe.
Corrado never got the ABF.
Have you tried GSF and ECP?
Nick
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Yeah, tried em all, no luck at all!!
GSF and the others have plenty of the standard ones (plastic) but none of the ones i need! It seems that its quite a rare part, which is why the aftermarket firms dont make em!
I checked seat, skoda etc as they are all on the etos program i got.
i mean apart from tracking down a breaker 16v with my set-up theres not really much else i can do. Its crap as id rather get a new part so i dont have to worry about it failing again. The one i took off has been on for 14 years so its done well considering.
Im also annoyed because the bloke i bought it from didnt list air con and ive never seen one with the older manual air con so didn't know what to look for. I might not have bought it if id known.
Then again i did only pay 600 squid for her and (touch wood) apart from this and the thrust or input shaft bearing squeeking (which i can fix) it seems very sound.
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Would it be possible to change it to the newer system? If this guys not fixed it for you?
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you could get the dealer to try and get one from germany, thats how i got a rado g60 accel cable that was obsolete in the uk
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Hey archie, i used to live in basingstoke, im a popley boy!! :laugh:
Yeah thats a bloody good idea about the germany thing, was the price reasonable though cos i dont wanna get raped by the dealer, u know how it can be!!
Otherwise thats another good idea about changin it for the other system, although id have to de-commission the air con i suppose! I mean all the mounting points should be the same shouldn't they?
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Otherwise thats another good idea about changin it for the other system, although id have to de-commission the air con i suppose! I mean all the mounting points should be the same shouldn't they?
I would guess so unless the compressor is different.
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Hah! Made it out alive then? Strictly speaking though I'm from tadley :lipsrsealed:. Horneys from amazingstoke. We're moving to fleet soon though.
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Erhum! I am not from Basingstoke, I just happen to live there! :grin:
Nick
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try volksapart
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Erhum! I am not from Basingstoke, I just happen to live there! :grin:
Nick
Your posh roots don't count for sh1t when you iz living on da streets of da ghetto yih?
Or some basingspeak like that?
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does yours use the 4 rib belt, about 3/4" wide? as it's an ABF the mounting points will be the same between all models so you should be able to remove you whole tensioner and convert to run the newer style pulley and tensionor?
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its all sorted, local firm replaced bearing for me, 30 squid and one happy chappy!!!
Thats well funny man, i worked in tadley for years. ashby signs!!! do you know darren maclean, byron riley at all.
I escaped 4 sure, u get me blood!!! :grin:
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its all sorted, local firm replaced bearing for me, 30 squid and one happy chappy!!!
Thats well funny man, i worked in tadley for years. ashby signs!!! do you know darren maclean, byron riley at all.
I escaped 4 sure, u get me blood!!! :grin:
Oh my fcking days... I had an interview at Ashby. But yeah went to school with Darren and he lived down my road. But that means you prob know woody? poss Brad and Bob as well
small old world
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i do indeed, very small world!!
I gotta get up and catch up with darren, have a beer with him. he's funny!!
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went to the great escape festival in brighton with woody and darren a few years ago!
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Yeah wood said tonight.!guess that was the great escape where crouchy broke darrens leg?