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AC Repair Cost 850 1995

posted by  tkozikow on  Thu Apr 17 09:36 CST 2003
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I have a 1995 850 Turbo sedan that has been reasonably troublefree since I purchased it used about five years ago. Now that spring has finally reached the DC area I thought that I would check out the AC only to find that there was little cold air coming from the vents which led me to believe that an AC system check was in order. My repair shop (Auto Scandia in Reston/Herndon -- great place!) has been watching the system regularly for the most common problems and thankfully none have materialized.

Thinking that an AC check was something that I could have done by the technicians at the shop across the street from my office (they do a fine job with our other cars) I dropped the brick off this afternoon. Well, they did find a leak, actually two, and want to charge me $1100 for the following work:

* Replace highside pressure line ($160)
* Replace lowside pressure line ($195)
* Replace accumulator($160)
* 2 lbs. of R134
* 4.5-5.0 hours labor

Does this seem like a reasonable price for this amount of work? I nothing to base this on, but it seems high, especially the $500 for labor. Can anyon give me an idea whether this can be right?

If possible, please respond via e-mail direct (kozikowski@mac.com).

Thanks!





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