I believe the manuals used to say to run it at least once per month in
the winter.
Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote:
I know that the 124 owner's bible says something about using the AC one
or twice during the cool months in order to exercise it, but year-round
use seems like overkill.
Max
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From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK Don
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 2:19 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Compressor death from lack of use?
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
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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
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