Original Message From: Craig via Mercedes Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 12:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Craig Subject: Re: [MBZ] R-12 versus R-134
On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 12:41:22 -0500 Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> Any tips or tricks when adding the hydrocarbon stuff? Did you pull a >> vacuum prior to putting it in, or top up the system? > > No vacuum, or very light vacuum. Dry system. Invert the can. It flashes > off into a gas the instant it enters the system, so there is no chance > of the compressor getting a "slug" of liquid refrigerant. >Could one not add (part of) a can >to a system with a hard (well, as >hard >as you can get on an A/C system) >vacuum with the engine off? That >way when >starting the engine and the A/C >compressor, it wouldn't be a >vacuum, but >no air and moisture would have >been introduced into the system. I would assume so. I will ask the guy at Enviro-Safe via email this evening. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
