[Shop-talk] Epoxy/JB Weld on auto a/c line?

[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

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...