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A/C compressor options
« on: 26 June 2022, 12:24:15 PM »
A few months back I was all set to get my rattling a/c compressor replaced with a remanufactured unit from a local a/c specialist. The a/c is still working OK, just the compressor is noisy, and steadily getting noisier. But then something went amiss with one of our other cars that needed sorting first, so the a/c swap was put on hold.

I was quoted around £500 (I think, from memory) to have a recon compressor fitted. I was just browsing the Neo Brothers site, and found a brand new Nissens compressor for £190 (part only). Would the labour to fit this be likely to take the total cost to over the £500 I had been quoted for a remanufactured part?

And what is better? Brand new Nissen's part, or a remanufactured part from an a/c specialist?

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Re: A/C compressor options
« Reply #1 on: 26 June 2022, 01:59:41 PM »
I would pay the all in price from the aircon specialist, if you have your part fitted and there's any problem they won't really want to know and will blame the part. We always added extra costs on to jobs where customers wanted to use their own parts to discourage it, so often the cheaper part that the customer sourced would have a problem and it would then cause us real hassle and block ramps or they'd blame us for fitting the part wrong...

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Re: A/C compressor options
« Reply #2 on: 27 June 2022, 07:19:44 AM »
Yes good point. If you get one place to supply and fit the part, if anything at all goes wrong, it is their responsibility to fix.

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