RECYCLING CYLINDER, FILLING WITH CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT USING Extraction Unit:VAS 581 011

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Extraction Unit:VAS 581 011

Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
A/C Service Station R1234yf:VAS 581 003 or another VAS A/C Service Station R1234yf
Evacuated recycling cylinder for contaminated R1234yf. Commercially available from gas supplier. Recycling cylinders not made of light metal alloy, because chemical reactions with refrigerant components are possible.

Procedure

Vehicles with High-Voltage System

-- Deactivate the "parking air conditioner". Refer to Owner's Manual.

Vehicles with high-voltage system, for which electric activated valves in the refrigerant circuit are not open when de-energized.

-- Open the electric activated valves for the refrigerant circuit for extracting, evacuating and filling. Refer to Refrigerant Circuit and the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester .

Tip

For vehicles with high-voltage system and secondary functions of the A/C system, valves may be installed in the refrigerant circuit. To guarantee correct draining, evacuating and filling of the refrigerant circuit, no segments are allowed to be closed off. That is why the valves need to be opened before respective work procedures. Refer to Refrigerant Circuit .

Continuation for all vehicles

-- Switch off the ignition.

-- Connect the Extraction Unit:VAS 581 011 according to the included Owner's Manual with the vehicle and the A/C Service Station R1234yf.

-- Fill the contaminated refrigerant using the Extraction Unit:VAS 581 011 in the recycling cylinder. Refer to the Owner's Manual.

-- Fill out the supplement data sheet for the recycling cylinder with contaminated refrigerant and secure on the recycling cylinder.

-- Return the filled recycling cylinder via the supplier, while paying attention to the applicable laws.

-- Evacuate the refrigerant circuit with the A/C Service Station for at least one hour. Refer to REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT, EVACUATING .

Then by evacuating the rest of the contaminated refrigerant, which could still be attached to the refrigerant oil can be removed at an absolute pressure of less than 10 mbar.