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Old 04-08-2004, 11:09 PM
jgl1 jgl1 is offline
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I would have to disagree with Larry regarding his recommendation of aircondition.com. The site is essentially a bulletin board, comprised mainly of commercial links and no subsections dedicated to Mercedes-Benz. For accurate refrigerant oil refill values for each component of your vehicle's A/C, I still recommend startekinfo.com.

Your A/C system was equipped with ND-8 PAG oil, which has an ISO viscosity of 46. It must be stressed that correct refrigerant oil level is important: too little shortens compressor life, too much reduces cooling efficiency.

Have a look at this article regarding compressor failure and evacuating and recharging a system:

www.babcox.com/editorial/ic/ic50350.htm


If you are interested in learning more about A/C service procedures, you might want to consider the self-study training programs offered by the Mobile Air Conditioning Society:

http://macsw.org/store/dept.asp?dept_id=2

The MACS Refrigerant Recycling & Service Procedures Training Manual can be downloaded, free of charge, from:

www.macsw.org/macs.asp?mfurl=certify.html

Last edited by jgl1; 04-09-2004 at 03:16 AM.
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