ok i went today and got my ac checked. it turned out to have "no leaks" or so the guy says but it was about 2lbs. low on freon. so he put in the freon and all this testing and freon cost me 100 bucks. but tonight the ac does not work again. I get home and see a mark on the driveway where i normally park. so i look under the hood and i see some type of fluid and some hoses under my intake (short ram). I lift up my intake and it has rubbed a hole in the two hoses underneath. So obviously there is a leak. Now for the questions.

How much do these hoses normally cost?

Should I go back and show the guy that he was mistakin and should fix my car for the remaining amount and included the amount of freon that has leaked from my car since?

Any other comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

Note: I will be trying to install the bracket to hold the intake up off of the hoses now or I will make some type of bracket to hold it up.

 

If you have it in writing that he found no leaks, then he is obligated to re-do the previous work and eat the materials wasted. This is not to say that he'll DO it, but in most states, the law is on your side (to the best of my knowledge)

Good luck!

 

all i can say is a/c hoses are real expensive. i had to replace one of my discharge hoses from the compressor and carland acura (acuraautomoive.com) wanted like $200 for just that hose. fortunately i had some friends that had taken the a/c off of their integras and sold me the hose pretty cheap. maybe you should ask some friends or check the classifieds to see if anyone is selling the parts you need. hope this helps

 

does anyone have a diagram of the ac system. i can not find the ones that are on acuracarland.com

 

got the hose today and went back to the place that worked on it before. he said he would only charge me for labor of putting on the hose and he would recharge the freon for free. so now im spending only $260 because my intake screwed up my hose.