Air con pipes

[leew127]

To give you some help this was my experience, I recently repaired mine after taking it for a regas at Kwikfit only to find it stopped working after 2 weeks they told me if I get it repaired they would regas it again for free.
I got a local fella to do leak test for free and it was found to be leaking from long pipe on the P clip, condensor and from the seals on the long pipe after the schrader valve 3 and 9.



He wanted over £300 to replace the condenser and £120 to replace all the pipes in the engine bay with rubber and reroute them around the battery tray, I declined.

There are various companys on the net that will do weld repairs on these pipes for around £25 a weld. A local company to me wanted £140 to replace the sections with ally pipe and regas and test.

Instead I took the two bottom pipes to Pirtek (the long and the short one 3 and 4) and had the sections with the p clips replaced with rubber for £77. Peugeot wanted £190 for both bottom pipes and trade discount would only be 5 to 10 % on these items, Part numbers: Long 6460-40 short 6457-WT. It should be noted that the connections at the end of these pipes are unique so there is no off the shelf non-oem pipes to be found.

I bought a new condensor from GSF for £53 using code "offer10" it turned out to be Valeo item. http://www.gsfcarparts.com/260pc0130

While you are at it you will also need to replace the receiver drier this is the one I bought and it fitted well. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390590662773?s...1439.l2649

I replaced all the seals of the bits that I removed this kit seemed to cover all that I needed. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310354569645?s...1439.l2649

A spring clip tool is required to remove the pipes the long one and another from the condensor 2 and 3. I made my own from some 25mm and 20mm copper pipe I had which used to push back the garter spring to remove the pipe.

Total cost was around £210 to fix including the original cost off the Kwikfit regas.

You could just repair the double pipe but you might find that it will only be a matter of time before either or both the two bottom pipes and the condenser will also start to leak as well.

Hi, thanks for the info you sent on the air con pipes. I have failed to source some direct replacement pipe so have contacted Pirtek as i have one local to me. They have said i will need to remove the pipes and send them to Reading where they can make some replacement rubber pipes, was that where you got yours done? The new rubber pipes you got for £77, were they complete with connectors fitted? It is looking like this is the root i will have to go down so anymore details on the process will be great.