Cost to replace evaporator coil

[TXLX100]

Does anyone have experience or estimate of how much it should cost to replace an evaporator coil? I have a 13 year old unit, it's not cooling great and has been freezing up. I felt around on the coil tubes and it feels oily, so I'm guessing it has a leak, all things considered. It also needs anew primary pan. Is replacing the whole unit a consideration, or just fix what's broken? I'd rather not replace it, I plan to move in a couple years, but also realize 15 years is a long time on a builder grade unit.

It's kind of a crappy looking horizontal unit in the attic, for a 2000 sq ft home, 10' ceilings. All electric.

UPDATE: It's going to cost around $1000 for new evaporator coil, pan, drier, and supplies. About $3500 for a whole new system.

 

[pillguy]

That sounds about right and reasonable. Sometime you can get lucky on craigs list and find someone that will sell an older system or broken up system. I found a guy who did this for me with a compressor. Truly, it sure does not seem that hard to solder in the copper yourself and pay a guy to evap and refill the system.

 

[TXLX100]

That sounds about right and reasonable. Sometime you can get lucky on craigs list and find someone that will sell an older system or broken up system. I found a guy who did this for me with a compressor. Truly, it sure does not seem that hard to solder in the copper yourself and pay a guy to evap and refill the system.

I ended up getting a good deal I found out. Only charged me $260 in labor and didn't mark up the evaporator coil. It was an older goodman R22 coil. Took 2 guys about an hour and half to do everything once they had the part.

Hopefully the compressor will hold out a couple more years.