[Miller]

Interesting. The manual said something along the lines that all service compressors come with 8 oz and should be “drained and retained”. My guess is that it comes with oil to prevent the compressor from seizing up while not in use and on the shelf before purchase.

By the way which ports should I add the oil from? I read suction side on both the accumulator and compressor but how do I determine those? Is the suction side of the accumulator the one leading to the compressor?

Is the suction side of the compressor the one leading to the accumulator?

Won’t adding oil to the suction side of the compressor damage it or will it just drop into the sump pit on the compressor?

[Miller]

Sounds like a reasonable idea. The only thing I’m wondering about though is shouldn’t this compressor have it’s own specification for capacity? (It doesn’t)

By the way, if the compressor has 1 oz in it, the entire system therefore would take 8.5 oz.

Would it be acceptable to put 4oz in the accumulator and the other 4 in the compressor?

Or should I put a little in the evaporator, condenser, accumulator and compressor?

[Miller]

Sounds like a reasonable idea. The only thing I’m wondering about though is shouldn’t this compressor have it’s own specification for capacity? (It doesn’t)

By the way, if the compressor has 1 oz in it, the entire system therefore would take 8.5 oz.

Would it be acceptable to put 4oz in the accumulator and the other 4 in the compressor?

Or should I put a little in the evaporator, condenser, accumulator and compressor?

[Miller]

I won’t be using a machine but I will be using a vacuum pump so that should leave all of the oil in there (since the lower pressure boils out water in the system)

Neither the condenser nor accumulator that arrived has any oil in them (determined by holding upside down) and I will be flushing out the evaporator with flush and compressed air so that is going to be empty as well.

My shop manual has the following specs:

Condenser: 1oz
Evaporator: 3oz
Accumulator: 3.5oz
Compressor: 1 oz if it contains 1oz or less or the same volume of the previous compressor.

The manual that the compressor came with said that it comes with either “Assembly oil or Ice32”. Ice32 is in the pag oil I purchased (Interdynamics) so I think it could either be just straight Ice32, a blend (like what I purchased) or just 150 oil.

So I’m left with two questions:
how do I know the maximum capacity of the system
do i really risk damaging anything by removing the refrigerant in the compressor? can’t I hold it upside down and rotate it to lube the front seals on it the best I can.

[Miller]

I won’t be using a machine but I will be using a vacuum pump so that should leave all of the oil in there (since the lower pressure boils out water in the system)

Neither the condenser nor accumulator that arrived has any oil in them (determined by holding upside down) and I will be flushing out the evaporator with flush and compressed air so that is going to be empty as well.

My shop manual has the following specs:

Condenser: 1oz
Evaporator: 3oz
Accumulator: 3.5oz
Compressor: 1 oz if it contains 1oz or less or the same volume of the previous compressor.

The manual that the compressor came with said that it comes with either “Assembly oil or Ice32”. Ice32 is in the pag oil I purchased (Interdynamics) so I think it could either be just straight Ice32, a blend (like what I purchased) or just 150 oil.

So I’m left with two questions:
how do I know the maximum capacity of the system
do i really risk damaging anything by removing the refrigerant in the compressor? can’t I hold it upside down and rotate it to lube the front seals on it the best I can.

[Author]

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