Monaro Air Con Leak

[Glyn84]

When I was fitting a new radiator I heard the dreaded hissing sound when doing the necessary wiggling around with the air con rad, but thankfully traced where the leak is coming from. It's coming from where the pipe goes into the nut in the pic, and moving the pipe around make the leak worse or better depending how you moved it, so I'm guessing the pipe is fractured.



The photo isn't from my car but an image I found on Google. Mines a 6L Ro if it makes any difference.

Does anyone know which bits I need to fix this? Sods law would say it goes during a hot spell and not during a typical British summer haha.

[Well_Fans]

isn't that the end of the really expensive pipe section that the 04 Monaro used to go through because the bottom radiator hose clamp rubbed a hole in them? 252 quid from Monkfish plus the cost of having the system drained and regassed.

http://www.monkfishperformance.co.uk/hose-and-pipe...

[monkfish1]

Well_Fans said:

isn't that the end of the really expensive pipe section that the 04 Monaro used to go through because the bottom radiator hose clamp rubbed a hole in them? 252 quid from Monkfish plus the cost of having the system drained and regassed.

http://www.monkfishperformance.co.uk/hose-and-pipe...

No, its the small one available on its own. About £20

[VinceM]

I have just changed the one on my car as I had the same issue when I removed the condenser.

You need to remove the radiator and the air con condenser. Unbolt from the bulkhead, then move airbox out of the way. On mine it was fiddly as I have the ECU and coolant expansion tank in the way but on the 6.0 I guess they won't be an issue.

You may find it easier to remove the front bumper to give better access to the pipe.

[neiljohnson]

VinceM said:

I have just changed the one on my car as I had the same issue when I removed the condenser.

You need to remove the radiator and the air con condenser. Unbolt from the bulkhead, then move airbox out of the way. On mine it was fiddly as I have the ECU and coolant expansion tank in the way but on the 6.0 I guess they won't be an issue.

You may find it easier to remove the front bumper to give better access to the pipe.

You sorted your now?

[VinceM]

neiljohnson said:

You sorted your now?

No! Not yet anyway, almost there, until the next issue!

[blaineuk]

Does anyone know if this pipe is still available?

[MarvinTPA]

Well, you've found the pictures and writeup I did in 2013 for this very part.
See
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[MarvinTPA]

The long and the short of it is, apart from moving water reservoir ecu, top of air box, you can squeeeze the pipe in around everything else.

[MarvinTPA]

I've had a look at my original monkfish invoice from 2013 and the part No is not listed.....

However, there may be a different way. Although the part in question only cost me £20 odd quid, fitting ( as you can read from the other topic ) is a lengthly process..

You can choose not to do that and instead, just splice a new piece of pipe to the end.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Refrigeration-Hvac-Repair...

When the high pressure pipe running under the radiator decided to spring a leak after rubbing on the radiator bottom hose fitting, I discovered these things.

Air con pipes are standard sizes, so I donned my wellingtons and went to a local scrapyard with a pipe cutter and found a replacement pipe and fitting.

[MarvinTPA]

Although this is a different area ( about 1 foot away ! ) you get the idea.

The splices aren't cheap and fitting has to be precise, but it may well be a better solution.

[blaineuk]

I need to change the drier, and upon removal the pipe going into it had fractured, I have a man coming to regas the system, and splice a new piece of pipe in, so I just need a new section of pipe.

[MarvinTPA]

That'll fix it then.