beav

i have a 98 civic cx with ac. everything was functional last summer. i turned it on this year for the first time to discover hot air blowing. after looking around my engine bay, i had discovered that one of the little aluminum lines had snapped in half. it is one of the 2 lines that connect the little tin cup wit the switch to the bottom of the condenser. (located by the driverside headlight)
i got a new line, and im about to bolt it on.
my question is what do i do next? assuming there are no leaks, will it be safe to just fill it with 2 cans of 134a and go? or will i also need to put oil into the system?
or am i completely wrong and will have to go through a whole procedure that i am not aware of?

Mr.EM1_EK

the right way would be to evacuate the rest of old freon. then get it vaccumed to remove any moisture. when you refill it you can get the cans that come with oil in them already,if your not using the machine.

beav

so do the regular cans of 134 they sell all have oil in them? because ive never seen any that say "with oil" on the can.

however i have seen smaller cans of seperate oil, and it seems they work the same way through the low pressure release.

MiX

all i got to say is do it right the first time, it will cost more money if you destroy your compressor b/c you have moisture in the line.

They do sell r134 with oil mixed in it. Its usually the ones that are a bit more expensive. But read the back under the contents. it will specify what is in it.

Mr.EM1_EK

yeah you can always add the oil seperate, but no if the can does not say it then there is no oil in it. if you go to your local parts store look for the recharge kit. it is in a tall white can, you just hook it up to the high side, hold the can upside down, and with the car running you fill it up. those come with oil in them already. should be like 20 bucks

MiX

umm dont listen to him, you hook it up to the low side, sure it was just a error.

97civicdx

Get it done right the first time!
Have an a/c shop evacuate the system to draw out any ambient moisture in the system. How long has system been open like that. You may have to replace the drier also.

beav

its been open for god knows how long. as far as my knowledge is concearned, its been open for a week before i replaced the aluminum line.

spoonef

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phan222001

replace drier and line take it to a shp so they can do it right and ck for leaks cause i dont want to but 2 cans every other week

Mr.EM1_EK

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yeah did not remember exactly which side

highroller54

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97civicdx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get it done right the first time!
Have an a/c shop evacuate the system to draw out any ambient moisture in the system. How long has system been open like that. You may have to replace the drier also. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I give this man two for this responce and I am a certified a/c tech

If its been a week since you noticed it and god knows how long before that and your going to keep the car, get a new drier.