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Old 07-26-2009, 05:03 PM
WD8CDH WD8CDH is offline
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Originally Posted by Matt L View Post
How are you going to correct the oil charge when you evacuate and recharge the refrigerant? Most of the oil stays in the system.
More leaves with the evacuation than you might think, but yes, you do need to flush the system too in order to properly add the correct amount of oil. I have lost track of the number of systems that failed a few years after a "repair" that didn't have enough oil replaced.
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'85 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
'83 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
Some former WVO vehicles since ~1980:
'83 Mercedes 240D
'80 Audi 4000D
'83 ISUZU Pup
'70 SAAB 99 with Kubota diesel
'76 Honda Civic with Kubota diesel
'86 Golf
Several diesel generators
All with 2 tank WVO conversion
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