A/C charge oil
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From: Abingdon Illinois
St. Jude Donor '07
A/C charge oil
My 97 needed a couple of cans of refrigerant last summer and now it must need refrigerant again. How often do you need to add charge oil and what kind do you use.
Any help much appreciated.
Any help much appreciated.
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Joined: Aug 2000
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From: San Rafael CA
With a question like that ... I'd recommend you take the car into a shop that has a professional at A/C system recharging.
If you have a leak simply adding refrigeramt is asking for trouble. The system needs to be flushed, the leak fixed, and the proper amounts of oil and R-134a added back in.
If you have the wrong amount of oil in the system the compressor will fail ... you're looking at a major expense when that happens.
Pay a professional (or spend the money to buy the tools) to flush and recharge the system correctly.
If you have a leak simply adding refrigeramt is asking for trouble. The system needs to be flushed, the leak fixed, and the proper amounts of oil and R-134a added back in.
If you have the wrong amount of oil in the system the compressor will fail ... you're looking at a major expense when that happens.
Pay a professional (or spend the money to buy the tools) to flush and recharge the system correctly.
