Does anyone know the steps to discharge the AC system? Is this something I should take to a shop to have done or can I actually do it myself?
Thank you
Thank you
Discharging the AC system
- Thread starter The Beast 2014
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Ok lol. I have never messed with the AC before in a car. I can give that a shot and if I can't figure it out I have a Jiffy Lube around the corner that will evacuate it.
or if you had a cheap set of gauges from harbor freight and the like, it wouldnt be surprising if there was a slow leak, slow enough it wouldnt blow a bunch of oil out of the system
and while it was definitely somewhat of a hookup, a shop we used at work evacuated the system for me then when I came back refilled it and basically only charged me some labor and not for freon.
Have fun with the yellow dye
Oops. I kinda just unbolted the plumbing and pulled it apart/let it discharge itself haha.
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Now you've done it, I can feel the ozone hole opening up a bit more.
Lmao. Just as long as the hole isn't over me!
Haha! Amen to that!
Chlorine is what got the rap for 'supposedly' burning a hole in the Ozone, but R134a doesn't have chlorine in it.
Just as an aside, I have been in the HVAC/R industry since 1973, and prolly dumped 2 million pounds of chlorine containing refrigerants into the atmosphere before it became illegal. That's the way I was taught in a college setting. Personally, I don't buy the chlorine burning a hole in the ozone business, any more than I bought into the world is going into an ice age circa 1978, or Algore's book about Earth in the balance hokey-pokey about global warming. Climate change? Yes. It gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Just my $.02.
Just as an aside, I have been in the HVAC/R industry since 1973, and prolly dumped 2 million pounds of chlorine containing refrigerants into the atmosphere before it became illegal. That's the way I was taught in a college setting. Personally, I don't buy the chlorine burning a hole in the ozone business, any more than I bought into the world is going into an ice age circa 1978, or Algore's book about Earth in the balance hokey-pokey about global warming. Climate change? Yes. It gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Just my $.02.
PS: if you witnessed a big cloud of oil when that line set burst you might need to add a little oil to your system. If your compressor clatters a little louder than usual get a can of oil charge from the auto parts store and dump it in before you put too many miles on it or you may wind up needing a compressor.
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