The MB owners manuals that I've read tell you run the AC year round to keep the compressor in good condition --- so I asume that letting it sit would do the opposite.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > I assume you are just talking about the compressor, not other components of > the AC system... > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > Yup. Mineral oil, sitting in air, things can rust. You end up with > > leaking reed valves, therefore low high side pressure. > > > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > > >Sent: Sep 15, 2009 4:17 PM > > >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > >Subject: [MBZ] Compressor death from lack of use? > > > > > >When restoring my 1970 280SE coupe back in 1992, I had the old Frigiking > > AC > > >blower unit removed and installed (but never wired in) a period Behr AC > > >purely for looks. The AC system has been nonfuncitonal and devoid of > > freon > > >for the past 17 years. A month ago I decided to wire in the Behr blower > > >unit, and had my mechanic charge the system, convert to R134, and test > it. > > >He says the compressor is "weak"; I only get tepid air at all settings. > > > > > >My question is whether merely sitting without running all these years > > would > > >ruin the compressor. Everything else works (I of course replaced the > > drier > > >bottle). > > > > > >Andrew > > >1970 280SE 3.5 > > >+ 3 W123 turbodiesels > > >-------------- next part -------------- > > -- > OK Don > CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as > distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with > others. > The Devil's Dictionary > Ambrose Bierce > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090918/0b5baed5/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
