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Looked more closely and yes, the AC pipe is under the cables, Somebody has commited the sin of putting a cable tie around the pipe, not recommended as the tie can cut through the ally.
Pipe may be available from Rimmers or X-Part or should be repairable as it is the low pressure pipe which is usually made of thicker gauge ally.
I think he means the aircon pipe the loom is cable tied to, you can see it better in my pic below. If. this is the pipe you what I did have one in the shed, I can have a look for it if you still need one.
Yes, that's the one - the aluminium one right behind it. Apologies for the bad / misleading photo! The air-con chap put the cable tie around it this morning, so I knew which one he was referring to.
I will try and find it tomorrow, need a sort out in the shed anyway. These are available new from Rimmer brothers but they are £42 after vat and they charge around £10 for postage.
Cheers Bren.
Unfortunately, JUE001720 was, I think, for the petrols - certainly didn't fit anyway. At least I didn't pay full price for it! Looking at Rimmers again, would this be the correct one?
Bit of a thread resurrection here, but it's starting to feel like summer again, and even though the old girl has 175k on the clock, I still fancy getting the air-con working again.
I gave up last year when a mobile air-con bloke snapped off my bumper because he couldn't get the bolts undone - then, when I moaned he said 'what did you expect me to do?!'.
Anyway, the one pipe was replaced, but the pipe next to it was also leaking. Apparently, the pipe that needs replacing is the one that goes into the top of the condenser.
I've found this one, but not sure it's the right one? (It's for the diesel)
It is an AC pipe, but somewhat unusual in having both low and high pressure service ports on the same pipe.
I think this pipe may have been made up from others, as I've not seen this arrangement before and low and high pressure pipes need to be separate for obvious reasons.
If it goes to/from the Condenser, it will be a high pressure pipe, in which case the low pressure port should not be there!
If the pipe fits and is not leaking, it should work ok. As long as the AC engineer recharging the system is aware of the fact, he will know which port to use (don't use Kw....t!). It is possible to blank off the superfluous port, but if not, at least wrap loads of tape around it and a 'Do Not Use' label.
The original pipes were very complex and I suspect that someone has had the same problem and has 'Re-engineered' to suit.
I would advise fitting new 'O' rings.
Good luck.
That looks like a LOW pressure pipe (Evaporator to Compressor) as it is larger diameter. Does your damaged pipe join on to the Condenser? if so, it will be HIGH pressure.
The part No you quote IS the right part No for the HIGH pressure pipe, but the one shown doesn't look like it.
Yes, as far as I'm told, my damaged pipe should go to the (top of the) condenser.
Strange, that's the product code that is said to be on that pipe, shown - so maybe the photo is deceiving or, weirdly, it has the wrong product code on it!
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