i have a 2000 1.8 also and i bought it about 2 years ago, in the winter and when we turned on the ac, well of course it was going to be cold... well it started warming up and i realized the ac didnt work at all, i had to go to a junk yard and buy a compressor then to autozone to buy the other stuff that i needed (in all about 200 bucks) then paid a place to install it all for about 150, he said he would have charged a WHOLE lot more if he knew how much trouble it was going to be, ppl hate working on vws, so getting yours fixed will be pretty pricey