# AC condenser 2008 Honda civic LX

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ac-condenser-2008-honda-civic-lx/62946>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** airconditioning, civic, honda\
**Created:** [March 24, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ac-condenser-2008-honda-civic-lx/62946 "2011-03-24T17:05:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sgilley87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@sgilley87](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgilley87)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ac-condenser-2008-honda-civic-lx/62946/1 "2011-03-24T17:05:45Z")

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I have an 2008 Honda civic LX 4 door manual transmission with less than 45k miles. My ac stop blowing cold air out and when I took it to the dealer last fall when it first happened they told me a rock must have flew up and hit the condenser and put a hole in it and is not covered under warranty so it will cost around $500 to fix. Can I fix it myself and how much of a challenge would it present? Below is a link to the part I found for pretty cheap, I think it is the right one…Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!  
  
  
  
 [http://www…pk=1041733](http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1041733)

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ac-condenser-2008-honda-civic-lx/62946/2 "2011-03-24T17:15:02Z")

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You could install the condenser yourself, but you’d still have to take the car to an AC shop to have the system properly evacuated, dried, and recharged.

Personally, I consider automotive AC work to be outside the DIY category, and I’m willing to let someone with the proper expertise and equipment (neither of which I have) take care of my AC problems.