Can anyone tell me if the A/C hoses are interchangable between the '01 S60 and the '02 S60? One of the hoses on my '02 has been punctured due to shoddy repair work by a Chevrolet dealer after a deer hit two years ago. When everything was put back together, the hose was rubbing on a raised piece of plastic on the fan housing, and finally rubbed a hole through it this past winter.

Anyway, I found a hose that looks quite similar to mine on ebay. The guy says it's for an '01, but my car is an '02. The hose in question is the one that comes directly off of the A/C compressor, bends around and goes under the inter-cooler pipe before raising up and connecting into the low side A/C line about 10 inches in front of the recharge port.

I wish I had a photo to post, but I'm at work right now, so I don't. If a photo will help, I'll post one when I get home tonight. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Adam

P.S. I talked to the dealership already and they said that the hoses are not interchangable, but the guy didn't sound very confident in his answer.

 

According to the Vadis parts 2001 is different than the 02.

 

Yea, that's what I found last night when I got home. I took a few pics of my part next to a tape measure and I'm going to send them to the guy who has the part that I need. Maybe he can confirm the dims.

From the overall photo, the parts look identical. Maybe they just changed a material spec. or a crimp style or something simple like that between '01 and '02, but the parts are still interchangable.

Hopefully this guy will take the time to compare his part to the pics that I give him.

 

Good luck!

 

Ok, so I kinda felt weird about asking the ebay seller to check all the dimensions of his part against the photos that I had taken, so I didn't. I decided instead to take the $60 gamble.

Just as I suspected, the hose from the '01 fit perfectly in place of the hose that I removed from my '02. Comparing the two hoses side-by-side, they were virtually identical. My guess is that there was some materials specification that changed for either the rubber or the steel, because even the crimps on the ferrule looked the same.

Anyway, I now have the new hose in place. My question now is this:

Before I found the leak, I recharged the system with R134A from Autozone. After the recharge, I notice the hissing and found the damaged hose. Obviously, all of the pressure was removed from the A/C system when I replaced the hose, but it looks like the refrigerant(or at least the oil with UV dye) is still in the lines. Do I still recharge the system with 32 oz. of R134a as I did the first time, or is there some way that I need to go about removing the oil/refrigerant from the system first?


edit: FYI I don't have access to a vacuum system of any kind, but I really don't want to pay a mechanic to work on my vehicle...I haven't found one in my area that I trust.

Thanks again,

 

It should really be vacuumed to get all the moisture out before you charge it.
You will have to add 2.17Lbs of freon to the system.

 

yeah, I know that is SHOULD be vacuumed, but as I mentioned, I don't have access to a vacuum pump. I've done the A/C recharge with success on several cars in the past without pulling a vac first.

All I need is about 3 months of cold air out of this car then I couldn't care less what happens to it, as it will no longer be a part of my life. This thing has been a money pit since the "repair" work was done to it after my deer hit 2 years ago.

So, that being said, should I just add the R134a to the system as is, or do I ABSOLUTELY NEED to remove the fluid that is currently in it?

 

Just add it to it.