Any Aircon Gurus??

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Hi All.... not posted in quite a while so posting in a couple of area's as platforms are similar , recently acquired an A5 Quattro black edition + and when i got it around 4 months ago the aircon wasn't working , it was totally empty wouldn't even let the button light up there are no signs of any accident damage or reasons the front end may have been stripped down so i took it to a local independent and he pulled a vacuum on it which it held and then he re gassed it and added some dye just in case i was to return and it's been icy cold ever since until this week where it has clearly got issues , the aircon button still works , it switches the compressor on and off and as far as i can tell there are no leaks though i have yet to take the under tray off , when i attach a gauge to the low pressure it reads high and then when i start the engine it drops down into the green zone which as far as i know is good , are there any fuses , sensors or relays I can test before i got and try another re gas ? i've had it on VCDS and that reports no faults and iv'r gone through all the output test which seems to work , im baffled
 
Have you checked and noted down the pressure using VCDS, does the front mounted cooling fan run when you demand cooling, if the fridge gas charge is low, but enough to keep the system working/happy, then the pressure shown in VCDS when you demand Lo should tell you something, maybe check that and tell us what it is.
 
Ok so I have VCDS and ran all the diagnostic output checks ....the only one I saw that showed any kind of preasure read 7 psi but i don't know where I should be looking
I dont hear the cooling fans kicking in any time but i wouldn't have thought this would matter when driving motorway speeds again maybe im wrong i know zero about aircon
 
It would be "Bar" that VCDS was reporting as a pressure reading, 1.0Bar = 14.5psi

I checked my wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI hours after it had been recharged by ATS and with an ambient temperature of 23C, with the AC demanding maximum cooling on an auto AC system and the engine at 1000rpm, VCDS reading was 13.6Bar - okay different models will give slightly different pressure readings, but that value should be near enough for you to use as a comparison.

Edit:- if that system has enough charge to work, then the front fan should be running to help dump the heat out of the compressed gas.
 
It's a strange one , Ive bought a UV torch to check for any leaks and Ive removed the glovebox to check all the flap motors are working which they seem to be , pollen filter is clean and ive bought a can of gas to give it a boost , if the gas fixes it then clearly there's a leak somewhere ,,, ill keep ya posted when it all arrives
 

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