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Thanks Karolina and Tony - now if they had said 'It's leaking' I'd have understood it better! I'm spoiled I know, I love having air con being a female of a certain age, and I often have my 80 plus year old mother with me, so to be without it in recent temperatures would have been extremely unpleasant. It looks like the original quote of £700 plus might be realistic; it's a Honda and I've found that it's extremely reliable but parts are expensive. Love the 40x4 analogy, I had been using that for a while anyway! Now to decide whether to lump it, ditch it or fork out...