air con removal

[vanishing days]

so my air con has never worked proparly and the system is now dry.

ive decided to keep the 180 for occasional use and was wondering is it worth removing the air con pipes and other bits for weight savings if so what bits should i remove and what should i leave i assume the condesor would need to stay as it connected to the aux belt but not sure on the rest

[Ritchy]

unless your going on a mega weight saving operation then dont know if its really worth it tbh, both the condensor and the evaporator are both alloy nd dont weigh much

youd need to keep the compressor which is probably the heaviest bit so belt could still run, you will need to get the system degassed(illegal to vent the gas to atmoshere)
the condensor is the radiator part, then there is the pipes and inside the car is the evaporator, would need to either block the holes where the evaporater goes into the heater box or get a non a/c heater box duct

[talkingcars]

As Richy says it is illigal to vent it to the atmosphere and there will be a residue in there, even if it is at atmospheric pressure as there will be no pressure to push it out.

The evaporator on the ZS isn't actually in the heater box but in the trunking behind the glove box.

[Ritchy]

i think unless youve stripped out the whole car then i dont really see the advantage, i mean wear a pair of boots and a jacket then its undone all that small effort,

only advantage i can think of is there will be less obstruction for the rad so it would cool better although it would mean the cooling fans wont mount up properly