Okay, I'm sitting in my mkiii right now listening to music and dripping sweat as I type this on my phone. Alright guys, so I bought the car a couple years back and the A/C never worked from the start. It had sat for a who knows how long but it easily could have been five years. Well anyways, I know at one point the car was retrofitted to r-134a as verified by the sticker under the hood. So today for the heck of it I threw in a 12 ounce can of the stuff and vuala, compressor kicked on and the air was a nice cool breeze. Well,the window is still empty on the check and the air isn't ice cold, but I'm plenty happy. My only question is, will running it like this toast the pump? Im pretty sure its underfilled but I'm broke and don't have 20 for another can if I don't need it. The compressor is staying on and not kicking off. Air is cold enough, what do you think? Thanks!
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Generally, cans of R134 come with an incrimental amount of lubricant oil mixed in with it.
I'm going to guess you'll be ok, but for a compressor that has sat dead still for 5 years...it's anyone's guess.
I'm going to guess you'll be ok, but for a compressor that has sat dead still for 5 years...it's anyone's guess.
Okay, I know the can I have said 1 oz lubricant 11 refrigerant. I seem to recall the sticker said like 3 oz of lubricantbut that doesn't mean there wasn't any left in there. Besides that don't these things have a safety built in anyways?
By the way thanks for the quick reply! I'm going to drive to work and not get my sweat on for once now.
By the way thanks for the quick reply! I'm going to drive to work and not get my sweat on for once now.
If you're that broke with a leaky system might as well use canned air dusters or airsoft/air horn propellant. It's usually tetrafluoroethane, sold cheaper, and will work fine...
If it were me, I would keep the compressor off before it seizes then you won't have to replace damn near everything in the a/c system! google ac black death
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Buy 2 cans of Red Tek 12a and 1 can of sealant. I put in my car last year works fine.
Also side note yes runing a low charged A/C system can burn out the comp. The refrigerant cools the compressor as it runs. An A/C compressor is a small engine it has moving parts the need to be lubricated by the oil which is carried by the refrigerant. Low refrigerant -> more heat -> burnt out comp.
Also side note yes runing a low charged A/C system can burn out the comp. The refrigerant cools the compressor as it runs. An A/C compressor is a small engine it has moving parts the need to be lubricated by the oil which is carried by the refrigerant. Low refrigerant -> more heat -> burnt out comp.
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Sure it can. A 7MGE ignition system just fixed itself. Want to see the thread?
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It "happens" all the time here. What really amazes me though is when cars get fixed after something that couldn't possibly have had anything to do with the problem gets worked on.