Can you get rubber hose to splice AC line?

[unioncreek]

I'm having trouble finding an AC line for my daughters 04 PT Cruiser. The rubber hose on the line has a hole in it and it's losing freon. This line has pipe on both ends and I'm wonder if you can get AC rated hose at a parts store. The line is the one from the top of the compressor that runs up to the shock tower and then bolts to a block. There are no ports on it, it's the larger of the two lines, I believe it's the discharge line.

Bob

[Handy_Cruiser]

Bob,

You can buy rubber AC line that is made to work with hose clamps. I've used it on big trucks with retro-fit hang-on AC way back in the day when love was still free and freon was $0.89 a can. But I've never seen it hold for more than a few months or just one summer at best. Even on the low-pressure side, most types of freon have molecules that are just too small to stay sealed in with a hose clamp subjected to vibration.

With today's cost of freon, I highly recommend replacing the entire factory AC line with a new one plus all new o-rings from some place like Autozone or O'Riellys. If you are really a do-it-yourselfer, Autozone also has the vacuum pump and gauges on their loaner tool program so you can recharge the system yourself. I do my own, but a leaned how to repair AC in an actual shop when I was fifteen. For most folks, law, medicine and AC work is often best left to professionals.

[unioncreek]

I finally went to Chrysler and they found a number, wanted a $100 for it. Took the number and was able to find one at Oriellys for $40. Oriellys couldn't find it by looking it by the vehicle, but the Chrysler number brought it up. He thought their system must have a glitch in it.

Ordered it and should be in tomorrow morning. My daughter will be glad, it's been over 100 and she has a hard time with all the heat.

Bob