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I recently brought my car to a workshop at Sin Ming to check my air con as I found out that there was smoke coming out from the air con vents whenever I drive above 70km/h. The mechanic told me that the high pressure hose and compressor was leaking. When I asked him how much it would cost me to fix it, he quoted me a price of $800. Any bros out there can advise me on whether it would really cost this much to service my air con? I feel that I'm being robbed if I were to service my air con there.

definitely not that ex.. i changed my whole air con compressor for less den 400.

which level is the shop?
compressor new one or recon, or not replacing the compressor?

hose leak they got show u the oil stain on the hose?

anyway, if really wat they claim

replacement include

expansion value
aircon gas filter
hose
strip down and chemical wash aircon coil
vacuum pumo entire line
replace compressor

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this is major work.

Go defu lane do la, cheap and good.

Alvinyzw wrote:Go defu lane do la, cheap and good.

Which shop in defu??

Silver wrote:

Alvinyzw wrote:Go defu lane do la, cheap and good.

Which shop in defu??

I forgot the shop name liao. It's near G** L** there.

Apollo wrote:which level is the shop?
compressor new one or recon, or not replacing the compressor?

hose leak they got show u the oil stain on the hose?

anyway, if really wat they claim

replacement include

expansion value
aircon gas filter
hose
strip down and chemical wash aircon coil
vacuum pumo entire line
replace compressor

-------
this is major work.

The shop is located at Blk 7 Sin Ming Rd. They did show me that there was a tear in the hose. The mechanic also dismantled my glove box compartment to check the air con coil and said that that had to be fixed as well. Then after further checking, he told me that my compressor was leaking too. Then when I asked him how much to fix everything up, he quoted me $800. So do you think I should just service the entire air con system?

Alvinyzw wrote:

Silver wrote:

Alvinyzw wrote:Go defu lane do la, cheap and good.

Which shop in defu??

I forgot the shop name liao. It's near G** L** there.

Hey bro, could you please pm me the address of the shop if you can remember it? Because I'm not sure what G** L** stands for either.

aravian_14 wrote:

Apollo wrote:which level is the shop?
compressor new one or recon, or not replacing the compressor?

hose leak they got show u the oil stain on the hose?

anyway, if really wat they claim

replacement include

expansion value
aircon gas filter
hose
strip down and chemical wash aircon coil
vacuum pumo entire line
replace compressor

-------
this is major work.

The shop is located at Blk 7 Sin Ming Rd. They did show me that there was a tear in the hose. The mechanic also dismantled my glove box compartment to check the air con coil and said that that had to be fixed as well. Then after further checking, he told me that my compressor was leaking too. Then when I asked him how much to fix everything up, he quoted me $800. So do you think I should just service the entire air con system?

sollie for late reply. $800 deserve second opinion. u can goto level 1 at sin ming autocate precision airconditioning (inside elite motor) and ask also.

which i think is quite reliable on workmanship.

if ur compressor is gone, and cannot b repaired. then considered getting a recon model. but without seeing the cooling coil, i doubt it is spoilt, so to speak. at least u seen the hose and oil stain indicating the leak.

compressor problem may also b repairable. sometime it is the soleniod not working. which is a chirp repair job. the chirpest solution is replace the filter and expansion valve and damage hose and see if the gas will hold. then if compressor cut in is problem, have that checked.

aravian_14 wrote:

Alvinyzw wrote:

Silver wrote: Which shop in defu??

I forgot the shop name liao. It's near G** L** there.

Hey bro, could you please pm me the address of the shop if you can remember it? Because I'm not sure what G** L** stands for either.

i go find out already then let u noe.

aravian_14 wrote:I recently brought my car to a workshop at Sin Ming to check my air con as I found out that there was smoke coming out from the air con vents whenever I drive above 70km/h. The mechanic told me that the high pressure hose and compressor was leaking. When I asked him how much it would cost me to fix it, he quoted me a price of $800. Any bros out there can advise me on whether it would really cost this much to service my air con? I feel that I'm being robbed if I were to service my air con there.

U can try www.riverviewauto.com.sg for their diagnostics & repairs ....definitely not cut-throat and will replace only spoilt stuffs that needed to be replaced.

But compressors would be a bit ex. and brand new will set you back by at least $300-400.

hi guys,

I got some problem with my aircon

I got my ride for nearly half yr and I release there is some weird smell coming out of the 4 aircon outlet everytime I start the car, anyone encounter that?

it happens everytime when I start the car or even if I started the car with aircon off then on it, the smell nv fail to come out from the aircon vent.

opened bonnet don't see any foreign object le...anywhere else to check?

thanks alot

can try mark cool air-conditioning also

i got the same problem. i will set to highest temperature when i start the car early morning. let it run for 5-10mins before bring it down to lower temp. it works for me but only can last a week or everytime.

Gererally, most of them are con artist. Did you know that when you open the vent to outside air to enter while your aircon is at its coolest, the same "smoke" will also come out. It is just condensation mixture of cold and humid air. Try it out and see !

aravian_14 wrote:I recently brought my car to a workshop at Sin Ming to check my air con as I found out that there was smoke coming out from the air con vents whenever I drive above 70km/h. The mechanic told me that the high pressure hose and compressor was leaking. When I asked him how much it would cost me to fix it, he quoted me a price of $800. Any bros out there can advise me on whether it would really cost this much to service my air con? I feel that I'm being robbed if I were to service my air con there.