ANOTHER BAD OMEN :O

well... my aircond is not blowing cold air anymore... just hot air... so i bring it to the AC Specialist and they said no more gas inside... which was weird as i just regassed it last month... so i told him to regassed it again... costed me $12 and 2 days later, it stop blowing cold air again! so definitely a leak in the system somewhere...

so i bring to the AC specialist and they told me i need new compressor coz its leaking... they want $300 for it... plus $60 labour... pissed and confused, i told them i will do it later, trying to give myself time to think... i dont think compressor just died without any sign of weaker supply...

so i was planning to buy a 2nd hand compressor, so i decided to take the compressor off... but then i found that the inlet coupling is worn...

so i thought this might be the source of leaks...


so i bring my car to another AC specialist (abit further from the first one i went) and show the the worn thread and lip, its appeared that the previous person cross thread it and the aluminum coupler has been paired with a custom steel one from the main hose... causing the thread to be damaged... so i ask him how much is the:
1. replacement inlet coupler for the compressor
2. new coupler for the hose and the pressed clamps...

he quote me:
$8 for the house press clamps and coupler
$13 for the compressor side coupling (take from toyota kijang appearently its the same bolt patterns, just different coupling direction)

$12 for regassing... again...
labour included... total around $33AUD

phew... it is clear that the first place i went were lazy and just want a quick fix thus asking me forking out $300 for a replacement compressor. its like me having a stomach ache and they want me to implant new intestine.

i dont mind paying for replacement compressor if its broken... but if they are just too lazy to find exactly where it leaks, that pissed me off...