'95 Sport 90 A/C Woes

[Andrew Lundy]

This is a fairly common failure on the '93-'95 90's.  Unfortunately that is
a reasonable estimate!!  I'm not sure what the part would cost but you can
look that up yourself(sounds right for an Audi).

Labor in replacing this is very expensive.  I know you have already received
an e-mail telling you this is completely out of whack but it's NOT!!  As
Kneale said he owns a 5K and it may be a different set up on these
cars...he's right!!  On the '93-'95 Audi's the evaporator is located below
the dash..so this means that to replace the evaporator the entire dash needs
to be removed from the car.  I've seen quotes range from between 8 to 11
hours to replace this part.  At $800 labor you are in the ballpark!!!

Luckily I haven't had any trouble with this part myself....Knock on wood!
Unfortunately for me, I've had all the others!!

Hope this helps!!!
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Andrew Lundy
fast928 at prodigy.net
90 80Q
91 90
95 90Q

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark W. Byrum, Jr." <markbyrum at erols.com>
To: "Quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: '95 Sport 90 A/C Woes


> Dear List:
>     The A/C on our '95 Sport 90 failed suddenly last week.  Pulled into
> the driveway after a trip with everything working fine.  The following
> morning, got into the car and smelled a strong musty, moldy odor.  A/C
> did not work  Compressor engaged, blower worked, but no cooling.  Later
> learned that we left a green liquid on the driveway where we had been
> parked.  Just took the car to an independent Mercedes/Audi/Porsche shop
> this morning (the same place which replace two seals somewhere in the
> system and recharged it with R134 and dye 3 weeks ago) and received the
> call that the evaporator has gone bad and needs replacing.  Approx.
> $1000 for part, $800 for labor.
>     Is this reasonable (both as to diagnosis and price)?
> Your input is greatly needed and will be greatly appreciated.
> Mark
> '95 Sport 90
> '86 4kcsq
>
>