Mk2 Air-con Condenser

Technical Area Electrics & ICE
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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get a air-con condenser for a 2004 reg Mk2? I got a quote of between £675-£716 from Mazda (yikes!).

Managed to get an on-line quote via 1st Choice Spares site for £115 (including delivery), only problem is that I think the condenser is not the right model (NE51-61-480C). When I did a search online, the OEM part no. should be NE0161480. Again, did I get the OEM part no correct?

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

 

Cheers,

Steven Lau   

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Hi, Steven,

I’ve been slowly building up a set of parts to get aircon retrofitted to my Mk 2.5.  Which have mostly been secondhand, as quite a few are no longer available from Mazda.  I found the condenser very often gets severely damaged (hence unusable) in a shunt.  And so far as I can tell, there are no pattern parts available.  Like the Mk2, the condenser on the Mk 2.5 is over £600 from Mazda (they’re probably the same on 2 & 2.5).

I have got a couple of spare units off Mk 2.5s scrapped because of corrosion.  I’m trying to persude a company that manufactures and repairs these units to re-fin the better of the 2 (which has a small area of missing fins, but otherwise in VGC).  The following will probably be too slow for you, however I’m going to ask them to quote for a small run of pattern condensers.  As I think the Mazda price is outrageous when compared to units of a similar size to other manufacturers.

Kind regards

Pete

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Try Autolink

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Just be aware that any secondhand unit may need fettling.  Like bent or missing cooling fins.  Like both of mine.  They live a hard life.

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Give Aaron Radiators a call. They list a condenser for a Mk2, they could possibly confirm that is the correct one for your car.

http://www.aaronradiator.co.uk/products/Condenser_Mazda_MK5_Mk2_98_1_8_5MZ145-10355-1023.html

They give the oem part number as NC10-61-480.

Hope this helps,

Martin.

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Waste of time using a s/hand condenser,they will all be rotten/corroded.I would find a local a/con specialist that may be able to use a universal condenser and modify the pipe work to suit.Alternatively ,try these people;http://www.autoairconparts.co.uk/

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OK, I think I’ve found somewhere that thinks they can reproduce the part in question using mine as a pattern.  It looks like cost will be considerably less than Mazda.  I’ll keep you all posted.

Kind regards

Pete