I don't know if anything adhesive will work.
You can try splitting a piece of hose, putting it over the line, and tightening
a hose clamp around it. This might work or might not. Depending on who does
your AC work, some people won't fill it if it has a leak, in fact some states,
maybe all of them, it is illegal to fill it if it has a leak.
> Wife has a 2003 VW Beetle. A metal a/c line has rubbed up against a
> bracket until a pinhole formed, releasing the R134.
>
> Anyone know of something from a tube I can slather over the hole that
> will hold the pressure of the system? I *think* it's on the high side
> of the system, and the hole is so small I can't actually see it. But my
> wife said the shop pointed it out to her and she saw something coming
> out of it. A hole that small, I'm inclined to try a repair first, but I
> know jack about a/c. You guys know darn near everything, it seems, so...
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