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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: billabong on 22 September 2010, 00:10

Title: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: billabong on 22 September 2010, 00:10

Is this possible?
I have access to a valver with A/C (head gasket went)...
How hard do you think it would be?

Cheers

Will

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: Khare on 22 September 2010, 00:13

Too much work to bother. Honestly.

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: MotorPsycho on 22 September 2010, 08:21

buy another ABF lump, sell your 8v car and revel in the lovliness of more valves

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: justalex81 on 22 September 2010, 09:20

Quote from: MotorPsycho on 22 September 2010, 08:21

buy another ABF lump, sell your 8v car and revel in the lovliness of more valves

you've pretty much got to take the car to bits to retrofit a/c. dash out and everything out in the bay apart from the engine. As above stick the 8v in a kelloggs box where it belongs and fix the valver.

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: Wayne on 22 September 2010, 09:28

More hassle than it is worth, compressor will not fit a 8v plus major work.

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: billabong on 22 September 2010, 12:59

Thanks for the replies guys, unfortunately the valver has a Certificate of Destruction so it cant go back on the road, otherwise I would fix it...
Might buy myself a valver in the next couple of years :)

Will

Title: Re: Retrofit Aircon from 16v into 8v...?
Post by: wrobstar21 on 22 September 2010, 12:59

Im after a compressor for my 16v but its the one with manual old style air-con and they are like hens teeth!

any chance of checkin it out for me, what year was the valver?

 :smiley: