vanbibber

Well, the header burned a hole through one of my AC lines, and the most god wrenching smell surfaced from within, let alone a green substance of some sort. Three questions:

Whats the name of this line? the one the goes from the firewall to the condenser - (goes from metal to rubber to metal again with heat shield covering over rubber area)

and Where can i get one?

whats a good ball part cost on getting it vacuumed and refilled?

BraMas

I just checked the Autozone site and they listed 4 different A/C hoses so odds are you can go to any Autoparts store and get one.

Jay-rod427

^^^ Couldn't be more wrong on the vacuum not needed.


It needs vacuumed out to get out the contaminates(moisture and dirt mainly) since the line was open with a hole in it.

vanbibber

what do they call this line for ordering purposes? liquid line or suction line?

Z28KLR

If it's the larger diameter of the two the it's the suction ( low pressure) line. And yes, as previously stated the system will need to be pulled into a vacuum before recharging.

vanbibber

Looks like this one

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...2717&ppt=C0352

must be the liquid line.

cliffyk

The expression is "gut" wrenching, as in vomiting--not "god" wrenching, which sounds as though it would be god fixing your car, likely a good thing.


Oh. +1 it will have to be evacuated after bursting a line...

Derf00

You should also have the inline condenser/dryer changed as it too has been contaminated. If you just replace the line and refill the system under vacuum, there will still be moisture in it from the condenser/dryer.

Expansion valve may also need replacing. Cheap parts to fix now or your work will be wasted in farily short order.

Moonshine

STFU


Freon is REAL bad for our ozone!


But I have an O/R midpipe... haha

Boo for no a/c!

Z28KLR

That's like the 3rd one I've found today. Good trigger work