A/C Refrigerant Hose blew up, can I use a hose form a 2.7l concorde same year?

On the LH car forums, it is common practice to replace the 2.7 with the

A competent A/C shop can replace the rubber part of the hose and reuse your ends. Several in my neck of the woods will make them for you for next to nothing if you pull the old hose off and take it to them.

Make sure the person charging the system is using the proper setup to do so. They should have a manifold gauge to monitor both high and low pressure while charging. The hose could have blown because the high pressure went out of spec (or it could have just been a week spot on an old hose).

Now that the hose has blown you will also need a new dryer and need to pull the air/moisture out of the system with a vacuum pump. I would probably replace the expansion device as well since the system is already "open". You probably know all that already...

Steve B.

Hmm. Ill have to check that out, I havent been able to find many shops who havent tried to make me just buy the whole damn assembly though.

There is a high pressure relief valve on the compressor, so the hose was probably weak.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

If he stopped the car and quickly sealed off the ends right after the hose blew, he will likely be fine with the dryer.

Yup.

No need, but checking the filter screen going into the expansion orifice would be a good idea.

He also likely will have lost considerable oil. During an explosive decompression the oil will go rushing out of the system, unlike if the freon loss is gradual.

Ted