Re: AC Question

From: Chris Reck (chris.bulk92@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 18 2011 - 18:36:11 EDT


How would one run a test if one does not have a vacuum pump?

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Chris Reck
Naperville, IL

>> '99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)

superdak@gmail.com (Gary Hedlin) wrote in news:CABL3S42imrwPcM2w7xNViK_wN+sZv8iZdsEUMroG4aU9bUkJwg@mail.gmail.com:

> > Compressor should still be ok, evap core might be another issue.... > kinda hard to say. I would hook everything up and then see if you > could get a vaccum pump to put on the system to see if it holds > pressure. About the only way of testing it without doing a full > charge. > > Gary > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Chris Reck <chris.bulk92@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> My AC has been disconnected for 18 months, since I replaced the >> heater core. I installed a new AC coil (inside the dashboard box). >> I also have a new orifice tube and evap canister. The AC compressor >> has been in the truck, running with the belt drive, and the >> evaporator core has still been in the front of the truck, though >> taped up. >> >> If I were to finalize the AC system at this point, do I just need to >> hook it up with new o-rings, or should I worry about the evaporator >> core and AC compressor might have gone bad while the system was >> disconnected? >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Reck >> Naperville, IL >> >> >> '99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst) >> >> > >



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