Air con has never worked since i had the car. So took it into garage around the corner from work, happened to be Halford Autocentre. They did the job for £50 and I went off with ice cold air con. Few days later - blowing warm again. Took it back and they spotted s leak in one of the hose - £280 to fix. So i phone TPS and the the part is £160 - ouch!

I cant justify that amount plus the regas cost. Are motor factors likely to stock this part,? Is it worth seeing if somewhere can repair it?

Also, can i legally release the remaining gas in the system to replace the pipe?

PN is 8E0 260 701 AR

Cheers

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