Bypassing the rear aircon system

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Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by jwinkent » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:10 pm

My Bongo has a leak in the Air con system from the rear evaporator. This part is no longer available so I was looking for a solution and I have heard that it is possible to bypass the rear aircon system and just have the front working.
Does anyone know how to do this?
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Darkstar » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:18 pm

Removed my rear AC and heating completely, i did mine the hard way, but im told that Mazda sell a blanking kit for the AC, and i just believe you can also blank the cooalnt pipes as well.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Bongolia » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:33 pm

Darkstar wrote:Removed my rear AC and heating completely, i did mine the hard way, but im told that Mazda sell a blanking kit for the AC, and i just believe you can also blank the cooalnt pipes as well.
I would be interested to know how you bypassed the AC please as i would like to do the same.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Northern Bongolow » Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:05 am

i think ian at fury sell the ac blanking kits in the shop, please be aware there are different sizes of pipes dependant on year of manufacture.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Bongolia » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:16 am

Northern Bongolow wrote:i think ian at fury sell the ac blanking kits in the shop, please be aware there are different sizes of pipes dependant on year of manufacture.
I thought I had looked there #-o
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by rita » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:52 am

I think they are for the Rear Heater pipes (blanking)





Re: Rear Heater Blanking Kit
Postby Ian » Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:08 am
You can buy them via the club shop: http://bongoland.co.uk/product-category ... em/page/3/
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by sotal » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:08 am

jwinkent wrote:My Bongo has a leak in the Air con system from the rear evaporator. This part is no longer available so I was looking for a solution and I have heard that it is possible to bypass the rear aircon system and just have the front working.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Are you losing A/C gas at the moment?
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Ian » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:12 am

I've double checked and the kit we sell in the Bongoland shop is for the rear heater system.

To blank off the rear aircon you need the following parts:

For series 1 Bongos you need 1 x Mazda part S09C618D4A and 1 x Mazda part S09D618D4A
For series 2 and series 3 Bongos you need 2 x Mazda part S38A618D4
The seals are not shown for series 3 and series 4 Bongos.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Bongolia » Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:44 pm

Ian wrote:I've double checked and the kit we sell in the Bongoland shop is for the rear heater system.

To blank off the rear aircon you need the following parts:

For series 1 Bongos you need 1 x Mazda part S09C618D4A and 1 x Mazda part S09D618D4A
For series 2 and series 3 Bongos you need 2 x Mazda part S38A618D4
The seals are not shown for series 3 and series 4 Bongos.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Simon Jones » Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:07 am

Ian managed to source me the A/C blanking plugs but (at the time) they were only for the older models. In the end, I took the pipes to a local company who welded a cap to the end of the aluminium tubing to effectively make them into blanking plugs. Cost me £10 and has been completely leak free. One thing to remember is that when being re-gassed, the amount of refrigerant needs to be reduced. You can find out the correct amount from Mazda as the rear A/C was an option although it was fitted as standard to vast majority of vehicles.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by jwinkent » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:22 pm

I have now sorted bypassing my rear air-con. I cut the pipes about 6 inches from the joins under the passenger seat and removed the pipes from the vehicle. I then found a product which is aluminium solder so I gently squashed the pipes on the end and used the solder with a blow torch to blank the end. I then used a syringe and a piece of silicon tube to apply a small amount of pressure to the tube with the soldered end in a jar of water to check for bubbles. I have had the system re-gassed today and all seems well. I hope this helps.
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Re: Bypassing the rear aircon system

Post by Bob » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:36 pm

Useful to know, thanks. 8)
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