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AC rebuild complete ....... finally!
The long story began here:
A/C Low and High side pressures? So after being forced to admit that I had allowed a shop to put Freeze12 in last year and now faced with a hot summer and a system that was barely cooling the air, I proposed the following: Quote:
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Wow, you've turned into quite the a/c guru! Good work.
I would only point out one thing, and it could be that I don't understand exactly what you did. If you pumped the vacuum and waited nine days, then charged, that's not the best plan. It probably is okay, and not a bad way to test an empty system for leaks. What would be best would be to evacuate again before charging. The reason is that a system under vacuum will pull in air and moisture if there is even a tiny leak unlike a charged system which is under pressure so nothing can get in. Since the weather is hot, evacuating one last time before charging would have boiled off any slight moisture in relatively short order. Just thought I would throw that in so you will know. Congrats on a job well done, |
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I did "borrow" the Autozone vacuum pump again and re-vacuum yesterday before charging with the R12.
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I think that your approach on the hoses is correct. Unless they are leaking there is no need to replace them for a preventive maintenance step. That would be like replacing your car because the old one might break. If it ain't broke don't fix it. When a hose leaks replace it.
Glad to hear that you reevacuated before charging. I think that leaving the vac on for 9 days was a very good poor boy leak check step, before committing the refrigerant. Again, good work, |
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Yeah, good job.
What pressures are you running at? Danny
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Well , it looks like I think you did a much better job than Larry... I have no idea where he is coming from on the leak deal...
There are only two ways which a properly pulled vacuum will go away... one is a hole in something... or a leak past a seal... OR that their was moisture in the oil which boiled off ... If you pulled a good vacuum, read your guages reasonably close at the first and last of that operation and they had not moved I think you did a good job. Remember on taking the picture of your thermostat... the low temperature is taken with the interior fan on LOW... that will give you closest to the evap terperature for your thermometer .... Unless there is air taken into the system you do not have to assume that moisture entered it ... However, it never hurts to vacuum more.. so doing it again immediately before charging is great... and remember to put newly opened oil into your vacuum machine... |
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