[dicreamio]

Hi there,

My aircon was no longer blowing in cold air on request it was always luke warm, I figured I'd get some of that dye and leak stop stuff for aircon systems.

Upon recharging the system I knocked the engine off on the car and could hear a hissing sound from one of the aircon pipes coming out of the condenser. After checking I realised I had one air con pipe rubbing against the subframe. Which hard wore through causing a leak on the aluminum pipe.

I am thinking that I maybe able to patch this up with that plastic metal compound (It's worth giving it a go) if that fails I'll have to bite the bullet and buy a new pipe.

The question I have, is before recharging will I have go get all air pumped out of the system?

 

[rh1]

You will need a new pipe (if you can't weld it properly)... maybe more if it has been like this for a while, and moisture has gotten into the system.

You will definitely need to have it hooked up to a vacuum pump to get the air and moisture out of the system.

 

[dicreamio]

Thanks for the response I may just bite the bullet and buy a new pipe as a bit of patch work might not be the best solution.

I can replace that pipe myself but it would probably work out cheaper getting an aircon specialist to pull all the air/moisture out of it with a vacuum pum and check for any more leaks before re-gassing it.

Cheers
Michael