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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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Help need a quick answer

How do you discharge the system to take off the ac condenser on a 7.3t diesel?
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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It should only be done by someone with a recycling machine as it is both illegal and harmful to the environment to vent refrigerant.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Yep, however if something were to jam itself into the shrader valve on the system, the refrigerant will leak out.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Thats more of the answer i was lookin for. Thanks
Thats the tube that sticks up from the two lines leaving the condenser right? Anything i need to be careful of when jamming it?
 

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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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Yeah, high pressure refrigerant. Why are you changing the condenser?
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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Anything i need to be careful of when jamming it?
Um. Schreader valves have a removable core right? Maybe use a stem tool to losen it and vent a bit before you just jam something in there..... it works on tires.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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you could accidentally get a hose from the car parts store and let it release it under your hood so no-one sees it....it could just happen like that lol....a few more cfc's wont hurt the atmosphere lol
 
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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Before anyones asks......

CFCs= Chlorofluorocarbons.

 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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I am replacing it because i had the luck of running into a lil ole lady who's spare tire completely warped my condenser. I am just hoping that nothing is wrong with the leaf spring which it looks like it might be so.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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i wasnt condoning any unlawful things...im just saying stuff happens....if you wanna do it "lawfully"you could get a recovery machine and tank....too bad the old condenser didnt get penetrated by anything
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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I don't believe that 134a refrigerant is a CFC. The old R12 was but it was fazed out in the mid 1990's.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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The EPA and recycling industry would prefer you didn't vent it into the atmosphere still. Come to think of it, I haven't heard much about CFCs and the ozone layer in many years. Al Gore must have created a new one shortly after finishing the internet.
 
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Old Dec 13, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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134a is an HFC...not near as harmful as CFC.
 
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