Aircon part urgently required! Please help

[The_Laird]

Hi All

I’m having my aircon compressor and condenser replaced on my D2 S8, but the pipe between the two in knackered and I urgently need a replacement.

Can anyone point me to a supplier or, even better, let me buy one that you might have on a shelf?

I’m happy to pay whatever (well, within reason) plus first class postage, so I can get my beloved S8 back in time to give it some pre-meet TLC.

I think the part number may be 4D0 260 701B or similar.

Thanks, Jim

[briang9]

Searching that part number throws this up, my experience of Autodoc is decent but it takes a bit of "research" to make sure the parts/numbers are correct.

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/4b0260701b

or this looks promising

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163814781...Bk9SR4iqk7PkZQ

[steamship]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

I think the part number may be 4D0 260 701B or similar.

Can you confirm if this is the part (#27A) from the diagram? It's not ideal as it doesn't show the full run of the pipe, but instead a thin line, but it goes from the highlighted number into the upper pipe on the condenser. If so, unfortunately there is no other part numbers that can be used as an alternative, unless someone out there has found a solution using a part from another VAG car.

Originally Posted by briang9

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/4b0260701b

or this looks promising

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163814781001

Brians first link has a typo, and that pipe is specifically for an A6. The second link is for a different pipe, #17 in this diagram. Unfortunately when you search for one part number, Google likes to suggest other numbers that are close to it!



Regarding Autodoc, I find that any order from them takes roughly two weeks to arrive.

Audi Tradition don't have any, and the only two new ones I can find are both aftermarket. One is $20, in the US, and they don't include or exclude the UK:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285831281099

The other is in Lithuania and is €163 and is also aftermarket:

https://www.xdalys.lt/en/product/14067540198/

If you haven't already done so, I'd suggest you contact Dean, as he seems to have better access to European sites, although you'd be pushing it for the annual meet.

[The_Laird]

Thanks Brian and Sean. MJ is going to have a look in the workshop and, if she doesn’t have one, I’ll try A8 Parts on Monday

[tintin]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

Thanks Brian and Sean. MJ is going to have a look in the workshop and, if she doesn’t have one, I’ll try A8 Parts on Monday

Hope you get it sorted it time Jim. Mine was playing up at the '23 meet, so Mike and Angela (I was their chauffeur at that meet ) had to sit in the back of Herman with the windows open - the upside being I didn't catch COVID from Angela!...