Broken Air Con Pipe

[arryp0tter]

Hello peeps i bought me a 2002 1.9tdi recently with a dead air con i think it may be dead as one of the pipes of the compressor is kind of sheared off lol, my question is two fold really:-

1 the pipe broken is the one that ends up going along the drivers side chasis leg to the baulk head, i cant feel a joint but the Fraud dealer shows me on his micro fische that this pipe is in deed jointed , is this correct and is it an easy seperation

2 as the compressor has been 'open to the atmosphere' for an unknown length of time, is it posible it could be scrap anyway

3 assuming that all the negatives are positive is it worth spending money on a system that seems to be rubbish anyway

 

having read so much about air con on here i am begining to doubt it is worth throwing any money at.

[seatkid]

Probably not - it will cost at least

[bus_boy]

The pipe you're looking at is about

[Bigjeeze]

The pipe you're looking at is about

[andy936]

another option is to take out a warrenty which you pay monthly that covers all aspects of you air con

[Mirez]

another option is to take out a warrenty which you pay monthly that covers all aspects of you air con

[seatkid]

Is there any reason why you can't just replace it with rubber fuel pipe? Cheap to buy and easy to work/route, its on the low pressure side so should easily take the pressure?

 

Has to be specialist pipe compatible with R134a and PAG Oil - Low pressure side is still up to 5 bar. Plain rubber fuel pipe will probably degrade quickly and contaminate the rest of the system.

[marinabrid]

i did a report on this a couple of years ago, for those who say it cant be done ie many air con specialist, let me tell you what i did,

i had an old tdi with the same pipe split underneath where its exposed and also broken 3 inches from the compressor.

i got 2 sizes of proper aircon tubing from a bloke on the web from chesterfield, as one pipe was thin and the compressor one fatter. something like 10 mm and 16 or something.

 

i cut the pipes where they were jagged with a tube cutter to stop any filings going astray.

i siliconed the pipes and pushed them around 3 inches into the rubber tube and put 4 jublee clips each side.

luckily a friend was indeed a laffing air con man and only charged me

Edited June 26, 2009 by marinabrid

[Michael_H]

If you are near North London, I can suggest an Air Con guy, who rebuilds the pipes himself. I have had a very hard time finding one capable and reliable, but he is the one. New pipes from dealer are very esxpensive.

http://alpinair.co.uk/

Good Luck

Edited July 1, 2009 by Michael_H