VBdenny Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 After a Lexus dealer told me 3 years ago that my compressor was locking up and needed replacement then estimated the cost at $2600 I didn't fix it. Finally, I had had it with a hot car. As you all know these LS cars are fairly aerodynamic and the air flow through them is terrible. A friend of mine runs a Honda delaership so I brought it over and had their A/C people do a look-see. They evacuated the system, replaced the O-rings and converted the system to R-134, added oil and refrigerant and it works great. The Honda boys told me that the compressor was fine and that it had just lost the oil and R-12 due to a leak. It works great nd blows ICE cold. The cost? $350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBdenny Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 By the way, the Honda boys loved my 1990 LS400. Said it was beautiful. I had to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Goes to show, It takes all kinds ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim W Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 A friend of mine has a 99 Honda Accord that her A/C stopped working. Her dealer told her it was too old for them to work on & they couldn't get parts. She took it to a independent shop & they fixed it. I guess it does take all kinds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17LexusOwner Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 i brought my '91 ls400 to a local shop to get the a/c fixed because it doesn't work. we thought it just needed to be changed to 134 and recharged. that didn't solve the problem. then i heard that the sensor gets dirty so we sprayed engine cleaner all over. that didn't work. we were thinking it was the compressor but i don't really wanna replace it seeing as it will probably cost a lot of money. do you guys think it's the oil and oil seals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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