A/C "explosion"?

JudithHurst
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:05:12 +0000
Buying/Selling

I have a 2000 VW Beetle. The a/c was fixed, but when I collected it, the cold air only lasted a day. I took it back, the mechanic said there had been a leak and it needed a new “O Ring” (I have about as much car knowledge as I do Irish clog dancing knowledge). Anyway, I drove the car for about 10 miles and was thinking how incredibly cold the new a/c was. When I got home and parked in my car port, a short while later there was a cartoonish sounding “explosion” (I even went outside half expecting to see the neighbors in the street). When I reversed out of the car port the next day, I noticed the debris of car parts under the car, including some black foam blocks (or now parts of) and some metal disc thing. And of course, you guessed it, the a/c does not work! What on earth is going on?

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