$1142.45 for A/C Compressor?!? I think sweating is a forgotten art...

[Bonkers]

I just pulled my car out of a service today because the clerk quoted me $1150 for replacing a leaking A/C Compressor. Does this sound right? I'll run the part numbers through The Wiz, but first I'd like to hear some second opinions.

Also this "5-Star Viper Tech" (their words not mine) insisted up and down that the leaking compressor was the reason the car wanted to stay revving at 3,500 rpm. I insisted that the compressor running should only bump the revs to maybe a grand, but 3,500 would burn the engine up on a hot day.
Am I wrong in this thought process?

Any quick help would be greatly appreciated...

 

[Newport Viper]

time for a second opinion! RUN, don't walk, to the next dealer!

 

[Viper Wizard]

A/C Compressor #4848584 MSRP $529.00 Labor 2 hours = $709.00 at the most!!

I think that Tech is seeing stars because he has hit his head too many times!

 

[Bonkers]

A/C Compressor #4848584 MSRP $529.00 Labor 2 hours = $709.00 at the most!!

That's more in the range I was thinking. I'm looking over the quote here again and there is a second part# 5264924AA - Discharge Hose. Its not calcualted in with the orginal estimate so I'm not sure if its part of the $1150 total.

Since Jason doesn't have the setup to do A/C work does anyone in the MD/DE area know of an honest shop that will put on the compressor/line I bring in? I may have found one really cheap, now all I need is help putting it on.

 

[Bonkers]

Also my jeep mechanic swears that the 3,500rpm idle speed is the direct result of a vaccuum leak and has nothing to do with the A/C - and thoughts on that one?

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Vacuum leak sounds more logical for high idle speed.

 

[SapphireGTS]

I have the 290 air conditioning.

 

[Viper Wizard]

A/C Compressor #4848584 MSRP $529.00 Labor 2 hours = $709.00 at the most!!

there is a second part# 5264924AA - Discharge Hose. Its not calcualted in with the orginal estimate so I'm not sure if its part of the $1150 total.

#5264924AA MSRP $93.70 add another .5 hrs to the job.

 

[Viper Wizard]

I have the 290 air conditioning.

Two windows down at 90mph!

 

[SapphireGTS]

I have the 290 air conditioning.

Two windows down at 90mph!

Yes indeed. Vipers are already on the verge of spontanious combustion. Why press your luck and turn on the air?