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Refrigerant Oil Adding: Activation

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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.
  1. Torque: 15 Nm
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    2. NOTE: This step only needs to be carried out when removing the air conditioning (A/C) compressor.
  2. Rotate the A/C compressor shaft at least 6 to 8 turns when draining the refrigerant oil.
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    3. 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.
  3. Top up with the calculated quantity of new refrigerant oil.
  4. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
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