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Refrigerant Oil Adding





Refrigerant Oil Adding

CAUTION: Collect the refrigerant oil in a clean measuring cylinder.

CAUTION: Make sure that all openings are sealed. Use new blanking caps.

NOTE:
Removal steps in this procedure may contain installation details.





NOTE:
This step only needs to be carried out when removing the air conditioning (A/C) compressor.

Torque to: 15 Nm





NOTE:
This step only needs to be carried out when removing the air conditioning (A/C) compressor.
1 Rotate the A/C compressor shaft at least 6 to 8 turns when draining the refrigerant oil.

CAUTION: The refrigerant oil top-up quantity must not exceed the refrigerant oil fill quantity.

CAUTION: If other A/C components are being renewed in addition to the A/C compressor, there is no need to top up with additional refrigerant oil, apart from filling the A/C compressor.
2 Top up with the calculated quantity of new refrigerant oil.
3 To install, reverse the removal procedure.