CommieGIR posted:

Hose guy screwed me, so I said screw it and finished the AC rebuild with the stock hoses. Had to lose the intake piping and filter for now, but added a 90 degree elbow to redirect turbo inlet to the hood so it'll avoid pulling in road debris. Still a tight fight with the suction hose, but it'll do until I can get the hose modified.





Added the high side adapter for my AC manifold.



Compressor suction side hose. You can see how close it cuts to the turbo outlet hose



I had to cut off the rear adjuster to clear the oil return line. No big deal, there is both a adjuster bolt and adjuster on the front to help keep tension.



You can see the suction line running alongside the turbo piping.

AC does work and is cold, but only on the center vent. I'll have to diagnose further later. Audi has a weird way of running the evaporator into the cabin: There is a hood over the cabin fan with a vacuum actuated door that closes. The Evaporator is mounted in the cabin with a hole into the hood, so that when the door closes, it's pulling cabin air through the evaporator into the cabin fan. So instead of having the evaporator mounted in front of the fan outlet, its pulling cabin air over it. Odd. But it works.