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Old 09-20-2016, 12:22 PM
leathermang leathermang is offline
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Originally Posted by funola View Post
...The first receiver dryer that ran for many years that I cut open had about a tablespoon of oil in it. The second one which ran for a week had no oil in it.
So that tablespoon of oil was the amount left after evacuating the system .... sounds correct..
Perhaps the fact the second one had NONE is part of the reason it only ran a week..... looks like no oil was being carried around the system by the refrigerant to keep the compressor lubed....
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