Where is the air-con top up connector please? (1.4TFSI)
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Thanks for the diagram. I've been doing a bit of research and air-con has changed. All cars from 2017 and some older Audi's including the B9 use a new refrigerant gas called HFO-1234yf. It's expensive and Halfords, for example, don't deal with it yet https://www.halfordsautocentres.com/advice/air-conditioning-advice/air-conditioning-gas-changes
Might be a couple of years before aftermarket air-con specialists get up to speed on this...
Might be a couple of years before aftermarket air-con specialists get up to speed on this...
As far as I understand a total ban on the old refrigerant came into force in 2017, but legislation was introduced in 2006.
Damm fine research though, well done to you....
Damm fine research though, well done to you....
It is, 12345yf has a global warning of 1, whereas r-134a has 1430. This refrigerant was brought in to meet European directive 2006/40/EC, which went into effect in 2011. However it can cost 50 times more expensive and was not favoured by some manufacturers, mostly german, who argued it was more flammable. However further tests by a another organisation (KBA, Federal Motor Transport Authority) and concluded that while R-1234yf was potentially more hazardous than previously used R-134a, it did not comprise a serious danger as there is many fluids under a bonnet of a car that will ignite more easily.
Lovely....
Lovely....
