2010 R51 - Effort to remove a/c pipes to rear?

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2010 R51 - Effort to remove a/c pipes to rear?

Postby anuaimi » Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:02 pm

I've told that I have a leak in the pipes under the car to the rear. Does anyone know how hard it is remove these pipes? Someone told me that I'd have remove a lot of stuff to get access to these pipes. Does anyone have experience with this?

I have a 2010 Pathfinder with the V40 V6 engine.

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Re: 2010 R51 - Effort to remove a/c pipes to rear?

Postby VStar650CL » Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:49 pm

They're a gigantic pain in the a$$. We techs don't like the job even with a lift and proper tools. Flat rate from Motor is 5.9 hours, and that isn't terribly generous.

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Re: 2010 R51 - Effort to remove a/c pipes to rear?

Postby TooMuchControl » Fri Nov 29, 2024 7:51 pm

I guess A/C pipes are self explanatory, but I was wondering if these were the A/C heating lines, or the cooling lines that were leaking....

Many folks just wind up isolating those refrigerant lines in the engine compartment / wheel well (with a kit for some $20-30), as the expense seems not worth fixing it.

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Re: 2010 R51 - Effort to remove a/c pipes to rear?

Postby VStar650CL » Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:03 am

TooMuchControl wrote:
Fri Nov 29, 2024 7:51 pm
Many folks just wind up isolating those refrigerant lines in the engine compartment / wheel well (with a kit for some $20-30), as the expense seems not worth fixing it.
That's true. We don't do the block-off unless the customer brings us a kit, but a lot more people pass on the repair than get it done. I'm sure the majority of them do block it off, DIY or otherwise. I even saw one neat DIY where they amputated the A/C lines just past the front-rear coupler, forced "hard" silicone into the pipes, then bent the ends over and squashed them flat. Looked a little weird but it worked fine.


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