When a compressor fails it sends metal round the system, so the drier and expansion valve go with it and the lines are flushed. Skipping the flush is why a second compressor fails in a year.
AC compressor and drier
- 46,000–88,000JMD, parts and labour. Small saloon at the bottom, big SUV at the top.
- 4 hLabour at JMD 4,500 an hour, charged in half hours.
- Two daysOff the road, once the part is here.
0JMD 60,000120,000
BackThe old compressor and drier — bagged with your registration on it and handed to you when you collect.
Why you might need it
Faults that end up here
No price goes out before a check has proved the part. These are the symptoms that point this way.
Each note says which check finds it, and what the check costs.