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Why the need to replace a/c drier?
Posted by Joe98 (more from Joe98) on Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:02:22
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The a/c stopped blowing cold air last summer, and I'm finally getting around to fixing it now. The compressor is fine. I notice dirty oily residue around the metal crimp on the hose coming out of the compressor, and assumed that's where all the freon (R12) escaped. I will put in some dye and run the system, just to make sure that's the only leak.
Not wanting to get into a discussion with this thread on what type gas to use, but I'm leaning towards ES12 (EnrivonSafe brand). This means I will only have to fix the leak, dump in the gas, and be on my merry, cold way.
Why the need to have to replace the a/c drier? Once the system is not closed (meaning, there's a leak), is the drier completely damaged? Since the end caps on the new drier need to be removed during installation, wouldn't the new drier be damaged at that moment as well (since the internal desiccant will have absorbed moisture)?
Joe
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'98 9000CSET 120K
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