Got a $1700 quote to replace the A/C expansion valve, condenser and serpentine belt plus a recharge for my 2016 GS
I'm looking at the parts and the amount of work involved and my dad thinks we can handle the part swap ourselves in his shop. I know a fridge guy at work and as far as I know we need to get the system drained and recovered all the freon 134A safely before we can do anything.
Depending how much experience these fridge guys have at work I may see if they can handle the re-charge, or if it's higher risk I may end up taking it back to the shop. I figure I'll save about $800+ on labour just doing these 3 parts myself.
Any thoughts on this? I know the expansion valve is behind the firewall so that seems annoying. Everything else seems straight forward
I'm looking at the parts and the amount of work involved and my dad thinks we can handle the part swap ourselves in his shop. I know a fridge guy at work and as far as I know we need to get the system drained and recovered all the freon 134A safely before we can do anything.
Depending how much experience these fridge guys have at work I may see if they can handle the re-charge, or if it's higher risk I may end up taking it back to the shop. I figure I'll save about $800+ on labour just doing these 3 parts myself.
Any thoughts on this? I know the expansion valve is behind the firewall so that seems annoying. Everything else seems straight forward
Hmmmmm, I wonder if you have just stumbled on the "why' behind the $1700 estimate. Have you checked the workshop manual to see what it'll take to get to that expansion valve ? Also, how much do you trust the diagnosis that the expansion valve needs replaced?
