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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Fixing the leak could be cheap. Replacing your compressor, condensor, etc would not be. I've universally not heard anything good about these products. Hell, if nothing else just periodically add freon until you can afford a proper fix.
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Actually, no, the leak will be very expensive to fix. From what I’ve heard, when they built the car, they started with the evaporator and then built the car around it. See for yourself:
http://p-car.com/diy/ac/
Yes, I’ll add Freon periodically. If it lasts a few months, I’m OK with that, but if it only lasts days or weeks….
My mechanic quoted me $1,700 to replace the evaporator. If you check the DIY link, you’ll see that this is a fair price, given the amount of labor involved. The evaporator itself is about $450, here at Pelican. I’d probably have him replace some of the other stuff while he’s in there, like the expansion valve. My blower fans occasionally squeak, so I would be stupid not to replace those as well. I’d be looking at >$2,000.