i have a 2001 honda accord (4 cylinder). after 250,000 miles, it developed an AC leak. apparently one of the AC lines was rubbing against the resonator on the air intake tube, and somehow the aluminum AC line rubbed through before the plastic resonator did. go figure.

anyways, i don't know what the line is called, so all i can google to find a replacement part is the honda part number that is stamped on the part...which means i can only find expensive OEM parts that only list it as "AC line". (cuz i didn't know it was an AC line already... *rolls eyes*). anyways, the line goes straight from the dryer bottle to the evaporator and is all metal (no rubber suctions). is there an official name for this line so i can try to google a cheaper aftermarket part? the OEM part # is 80341-S84-A01.

this is my junker/spare car, so i want to put as little money into it as possible. i wouldn't replace it as all, and instead just deal with not having AC on hot days, except that it loses all defog capability without AC under certain conditions (found that out the hard way), and therefore has become dangerous on those certain days.

 

Splice it and call it a day?

There are many repair kits available for reparing ac hard lines. Next option is to source one from a bone yard.