Condenser replacement, please help!!!
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Condenser replacement, please help!!! I have searched to no avail.
The finning on the condenser in my 2001 EX is mostly gone in the lower half of the unit. The flat tubes that go accros are in the air. It still cools adequately but I have purchased a new condenser, accumulator bottle and o-rings for replacement. I do not need help with the mechanical procedure.
What I cannot find anywhere is if I need to add oil and what kind. Pep Boys has PEG-46 in LOW, MED and HIGH viscosity. Have no clue if I need it, and if so, which one.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
The finning on the condenser in my 2001 EX is mostly gone in the lower half of the unit. The flat tubes that go accros are in the air. It still cools adequately but I have purchased a new condenser, accumulator bottle and o-rings for replacement. I do not need help with the mechanical procedure.
What I cannot find anywhere is if I need to add oil and what kind. Pep Boys has PEG-46 in LOW, MED and HIGH viscosity. Have no clue if I need it, and if so, which one.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Condenser replacement, please help!!!
Refrigerant oil Sanden SP-10.
120ml can, Honda part # 38897-P13-A01AH
This chart here: http://greenvald.car-charging.co.il/...ication-05.pdf
That chart says SP-10 = PAG 46
I have no clue what your seller is calling LOW MED or HIGH viscosity, I was under the impression that the number 46 in PAG-46 (or the 10 in SP-10) is the viscosity indicator AFAIK.
You could just get the stuff from Honda and be positive it is the right stuff.
Quantities:
Condenser 25mL plus Receiver 10mL
Plus:
HOW did you remove the freon? Recovery machine, as a professional uses?...... Because the machine almost always takes out SOME oil. The machine should have spit out the removed oil into a catch container so it could be measured and replenished during system service. Add that same amount of oil to the system before sealing it up and evacuating/charging.
If you just popped a hose and let the refrigerant vent into the atmosphere, you lost a BUNCH of oil and you are on your own.
Also, I hate you for doing that. Over and out.
*hugs a tree*
120ml can, Honda part # 38897-P13-A01AH
This chart here: http://greenvald.car-charging.co.il/...ication-05.pdf
That chart says SP-10 = PAG 46
I have no clue what your seller is calling LOW MED or HIGH viscosity, I was under the impression that the number 46 in PAG-46 (or the 10 in SP-10) is the viscosity indicator AFAIK.
You could just get the stuff from Honda and be positive it is the right stuff.
Quantities:
Condenser 25mL plus Receiver 10mL
Plus:
HOW did you remove the freon? Recovery machine, as a professional uses?...... Because the machine almost always takes out SOME oil. The machine should have spit out the removed oil into a catch container so it could be measured and replenished during system service. Add that same amount of oil to the system before sealing it up and evacuating/charging.
If you just popped a hose and let the refrigerant vent into the atmosphere, you lost a BUNCH of oil and you are on your own.
Also, I hate you for doing that. Over and out.
*hugs a tree*
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