Any reason why Honda would not cover the A/c and compressor lines with insulating material to prevent heating them up by the engine heat ? I would think the A/c would cool much better if they were covered(insulated).

I think the pipe insulation from home depot(black foam tube typa thing) that is used to cover water heater and A/C pipes in homes can be easily used here.
Has anyone tried doing this ?

 

the sustain inside the tube, hose is highly pressurized, they do not stay in the tube long enough to change temp.

wrapping it would be pretty useless unless you have a t3t04 running side by side.

homedepot tube cover are LOW in quality and they works good for copper pipe for my bathroom but LEAVE THEM OUT OF YOUR honda

 

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Because it doesn't matter if they heat up. The cold pipe (low side) is just vapor going to the compressor. It's just the leftovers of the evaporation process.

The hot pipe (high side) is the one flowing liquid into the evaporator and causes the cooling action when it is run through an orifice that changes it back to the cold vapor.

 

I thought Honda did cover them? In fact, I posted a thread last week about where to get replacement insulation... maybe it's a generational thing. My 91 LX had it on most if not all of the A/C lines