II. Part replacement due to sudden leakage: Procedure
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- DRAW OFF heating and air conditioning system, then determine drawn-off amount of refrigerant
- Carry out part replacement
- Replace removed refrigerant oil and additionally top up with new refrigerant oil according to components replaced:
- Compressor: refer to NOTES ON COMPRESSOR REPLACEMENT
- Evaporator: 35 ml
- Capacitor: 35 ml
- Desiccant insert / dryer flask: 55 ml
- Each replaced refrigerant line: 35 ml
- Capacitor with integrated dryer: 55 ml
- Safety pressure switch and gasket: no additional refrigerant oil
- Evacuate and fill A/C SYSTEM