Broken radiator pipe
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You need a new A/C condenser.
The broken pipe connects not to the vehicles cooling system, but is part of the vehicles A/C system.
It needs to be replaced, along with the drier, since you always replace the drier, when the A/C system has been opened and exposed to the environment.
Then the system needs to be recharged with R-134 refrigerant.
It's going to cost a few hundred bucks to fix it, unless you can do the work yourself, then it will be a couple hundred bucks, maybe slightly less.
You should have no trouble driving the car as it is, but you will have no A/C.
If the broken pipe is simply connected to the condenser, then you may be able to just replace the drier and that hose/pipe, and then recharge the system.
A/C condenser $50+/-
Drier $20+/-
Refrigerant $40+/-
A/C hose?
The broken pipe connects not to the vehicles cooling system, but is part of the vehicles A/C system.
It needs to be replaced, along with the drier, since you always replace the drier, when the A/C system has been opened and exposed to the environment.
Then the system needs to be recharged with R-134 refrigerant.
It's going to cost a few hundred bucks to fix it, unless you can do the work yourself, then it will be a couple hundred bucks, maybe slightly less.
You should have no trouble driving the car as it is, but you will have no A/C.
If the broken pipe is simply connected to the condenser, then you may be able to just replace the drier and that hose/pipe, and then recharge the system.
A/C condenser $50+/-
Drier $20+/-
Refrigerant $40+/-
A/C hose?
Last edited by BiliTheAxe; Dec 16, 2018 at 11:53 AM.
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Many thanks for your reply. I believe that the hose your are taking about has gone already as there is no coolant in the reservoir.
So basicay I can drive the car no problem as long as I replace the radiator hose.
Regards
So basicay I can drive the car no problem as long as I replace the radiator hose.
Regards
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Thanks very much for your help... can I ask one question? Is it an easy fix from underneath the car? Or would I have to remove the bumper etc?
It’s my girlfriends car and I haven’t attachly seen it in person as yet. The photo’s was sent to me.
Regards
Clint.
It’s my girlfriends car and I haven’t attachly seen it in person as yet. The photo’s was sent to me.
Regards
Clint.
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The condenser is right there in front of the radiator. It looks like it is part of the radiator, but it is separate.
The second shows a basic condenser replacement.
Last edited by BiliTheAxe; Dec 16, 2018 at 06:42 PM.