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Hi, upon releasing the pressure sensor, only small air managed to escape. A split second. so upon disconnecting the ac compressor i can say the car drives 10x better, almost 100% if I’m honest. I believe previously the car was driving as if the AC was constantly on / under load. Will need to replace the compressor before summer. Thank you

Update. I read online that it could be a faulty ac pressure sensor so I’ve replaced that, ac clutch still engaged and plate still turning with the pulley.. today i’ve decided to disconnect the electrical connector of the ac compressor expecting the ac clutch to stop spinning but it didn’t. now i’m stuck, has the ac compressor clutch seized up? Does low ac refrigerant cause the ac clutch to always be engaged? Will need to find a garage to do a dye test soon also can you point to the right direction to where I can locate this relay? I’ve got a Audi S3 2018 8V… Thanks

When you say recharged properly what do you mean by this? Both mechanics connected the car with ac machine, did vacuum etc.. i mean the machine does everything right? They also performed a leak test, seems all good. Would it still be a leak? also the relay fault… just had a search online would the fuse be position 29? Clutch sensor? Check this link; https://www.servicetutorials.com/2021/11/30/audi-a3-s3-8v-2013-2020-fuse-box-and-relay-panel-location-and-diagram-explanation/

So i wrote in this forum a few months back. Long story short; My AC was blowing out warm. Took the S3 to Kwik fit, charged once, worked for a week then went cold, recharged twice. Happen again. Took it to another place, mechanic said it looked like my AC wasn’t fully charged, he charged it this time it lasted for about a month at most… What I recently noticed was that the pulley on my AC compressor was constantly rotating (+ internal clutch engaged and also rotating) even without the AC turn’t on. Could this be the reason why my AC has gone warm? And would this also explain why some days the car drives a little rough. Could this just be the case of changing the AC pressure switch?

Hi recently purchased an rs3 spoiler to go on my s3. However the plastic triangle pieces located on each corner are cracked and snapped.. any ideas how these come off and how they fit back on? I’ve got replacement parts

So AC seems like its working perfectly fine since then. Stay away from kwik fit. Terrible bunch.

Right so took it to another garage, this time i’ve witnessed him servicing the ac from beginning to end. He mentioned that it seemed like the ac wasn’t regassed enough previously. This time round, he’s regassed it for me to the maximum capacity and so far its evidently colder than the previous two regas. We said that we’d leave it for a week…

No fault codes. Taking it to another mechanic later today

Hello Last month I went over to Kwik fit to have my AC re-gassed twice. Both occasions my AC became warm after a week. They said they did a vacuum and pressure test all checked out. Said they couldn’t do anything for me the third time I took it to them. Any ideas what else it could be? I’m convinced I have a leak….