Air conditioning help please

[Chris 83JA]

Gday, one of the hoses has busted off my aircon, which I guess means it needs to be re-gassed.


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my question is: should I get the hose welded up before taking it to an aircon joint, or should I leave em to do the lot, or do i need a new hose?

How much $$$ (roughly) am I looking at?

Thanks all
Chris

ps. This isn't a track car, and I like my air conditioning, and it's 41 degrees today, so don't say 'take it out'.

[Camotec]

Hey man, just take it to the aircon people and ask them to give you a quote that way your moving forward, just a plain re-gas could set you back any where between 60-100 then if they need to replace compressors etc you will be looking at more probably another 100-200 more. just run it down to them and they sort you out.

[coop1er]

Hey there.

We do airconditioning at my work and I fixed a problem
like this on a Volvo just yesterday.

The hose could be welded(silver soldered) back together to
the piece that is still under the nut but this is only a temporary
solution particularly if there is any strain on the hose.

Cheapest solution for you would be to try to get a replacement
hose from a wrecking yard and take it with you to a/c joint.

If you cannot get a 2nd hand one then a hose will have to be
made up.

If you are running the old gas r12, you may need to be
retrofitted to a new gas depending on shop and availability
of r12.

You will need a new receiver drier (filter).

Hope this helps.

Matt

[Chris 83JA]

Thanks all..

I believe the hose broke due to being bashed by the battery when I was removing it once..

The airconditioning worked fine until then, ,and I'm not sure what gas it had..

I guess i'll take it roundn to an aircon joint then and get a quote

[C Fernance]

"I believe the hose broke due to being bashed by the battery when I was removing it once.."

I hate when that happens, luckily for me its only ever happened when i've been stripping a parts car