Thread: Split aircon pipe (not hose) with pics!

I dunn o but suggest you pm Ladas on this site for advice - he's our aircon expert.
no other redeeming features unfortunately

that pipe -surely the wreckers would have one ?

Originally Posted by waynep

I dunn o but suggest you pm Ladas on this site for advice - he's our aircon expert.
no other redeeming features unfortunately

that pipe -surely the wreckers would have one ?

Surely Pirtek or Enzed could use YOUR pipe end fittings and makke up a peice of pipe the same, or get your alloy welder bloke to fabricate a bit of pipe to to fix the problem, Regards Frank

hi frontier1, to me it looks like you have enough tube under the black foam insulation to flare in a sleeve and nut, then use a nipple to join that to another piece of tube to take it out through the firewall and fit whatever end mr pirtek would like to connect his hose to.
you don't say where you are, if on the gold coast or near i am glad to help.

Stoopid question time. How would that have been damaged to that extent?

Originally Posted by 4bee

Stoopid question time. How would that have been damaged to that extent?

if its imploded its due to ice build up crushing it...

Hi Guys,

Harry, I'm on the Central Coast in NSW so not near you but thanks for the offer! Also the 2 bends in the pipe make the "sleave, nut, nipple" idea impossible I think.

Tank, Pirtek suggested they could weld it, can't do it though for another week. My other welding guy said he could do it, price would be more than the Landrover replacement which BTW is $198 + gst + freight from Melbourne (also a week +).

Waynep, I know the Ladas well, top bloke but I can't imagine he will recommend hoseclamps, etc. Then again, if he does, I'll give it a try. Whats the psi strain on heavyduty clamps? Anyone know?

4bee, almost didn't answer this one due to my own stupidity.

There was a fitting on this pipe in the enginebay that was almost impossible to undo (not a LR product but an aircraft one-way "quick disconnect" fitting that allows you to totally disconnect the aircon from the system without losing gas). I have no idea why it is there.

A large enough pair of shifters did the job but I didn't realise in all the pulling and pushing on the shifters that it was also twisting the pipe on the cabin side of the firewall.

The result is what you see here.

Pete'

Originally Posted by Frontier1

Hi Guys,

Harry, I'm on the Central Coast in NSW so not near you but thanks for the offer! Also the 2 bends in the pipe make the "sleave, nut, nipple" idea impossible I think.

Tank, Pirtek suggested they could weld it, can't do it though for another week. My other welding guy said he could do it, price would be more than the Landrover replacement which BTW is $198 + gst + freight from Melbourne (also a week +).

Waynep, I know the Ladas well, top bloke but I can't imagine he will recommend hoseclamps, etc. Then again, if he does, I'll give it a try. Whats the psi strain on heavyduty clamps? Anyone know?

4bee, almost didn't answer this one due to my own stupidity.

There was a fitting on this pipe in the enginebay that was almost impossible to undo (not a LR product but an aircraft one-way "quick disconnect" fitting that allows you to totally disconnect the aircon from the system without losing gas). I have no idea why it is there.

A large enough pair of shifters did the job but I didn't realise in all the pulling and pushing on the shifters that it was also twisting the pipe on the cabin side of the firewall.

The result is what you see here.

Pete'

At least the source of the leak was easy to ID.

Best Wishes,

hose and clamps wont work....

have the pirtek guys try the following (and it should be cheaper)

cut your existing pipe saving as much of it as possable

fit compression flare fittings to the ends that have been cut and then use appropriately rated hose between the flare fittings if need be make the hose long enough to do a loop (do a dummy run to work this out) to relieve stress on the hose.