Filling With Fluorescent Tracing Agent With the Refrigerant
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Regulations
Filling and leak tracing the climate control system with tracing agent and an UV lamp from Bright Solutions Inc.
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The coloring agent may discolor the car paintwork. Therefore extreme caution must be taken when handling the tracing agent.
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Carefully follow the manufacturers instructions when handling the UV lamp and the tracing agent.
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After filling with the tracing agent, the decal supplied by the manufacturer/supplier must be applied at the point indicated.
Filling with fluorescent tracing agent
When replacing components in the climate control system, the component (for example the drier) can be filled with tracing agent.
Filling an empty climate control system with tracing agent when a leak cannot be localized
- Fill with 225g of refrigerant with fluorescent tracing agent according to the manufacturers instructions for leak tracing.
If the climate control system is filled
- Drain off 225 g of refrigerant, see Refrigerant, Draining
- Fill the climate control system with refrigerant with tracing agent according to the manufacturers instructions
- Leak trace according to Leak tracing, fluorescent tracing agent/UV Lamp .
If the amount of refrigerant in the climate control unit cannot be determined
- Drain the climate control system according to Refrigerant, Draining
- Fill the climate control system with refrigerant with tracing agent according to the manufacturers instructions
- Leak trace according to Leak Tracing, Fluorescent Tracing Agent/UV Lamp .