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Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by vita via CarKB.com, Jul 6, 2006.

  1. hey guyz now that my saturn past on inspections thanks to everybody that help
    me........................my next problem is 2 months ago my alternator died..
    .... so my man took the compressor out..... dont ask why.... ha ha ha......
    anyway we went to advance auto to get it check the guy said sir we dont test
    compressor....... funny huh... anyway we got that right wwe put new altenator.
    ... put back the compressor.... the problem is all my FREON was gone.... hate
    to spend to much money in the shop 2 charge.. we wanna charge it our self ..
    we dont know where. there is 2 tubes one on top and one under it both of them
    has black tops....... whwwhere do i charge it and what kind do i need how how
    many can .. there is a freon with oil in it alredy someone told me i neeed
    oil too . what do i get in what part of tubes do i charge it..... vita
     
    vita via CarKB.com, Jul 6, 2006
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    davemac Guest

    The oil does not normally come out unless some dripped out of the
    compressor when you removed it or seeped out from the hoses. You don't
    mention your Saturn's year. 1994 and up use R134A refrigerant. If 93
    or older, it will be cheaper for you to do a conversion to r134a. To
    recharge it, you need to first evacuate all of the air you introduced
    into the system by opening it. If you left it open like this for
    awhile, then you also introduced moisture and now need to replace the
    receiver dryer and the oil possibly. This is not a DIY'er job unless
    you have all the required equipment and are knowledgeable. Since you
    removed the compressor instead of the alternator for servicing, that
    kind of tells me you are not qualified.

    dave mc
     
    davemac, Jul 6, 2006
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  3. oh its a 1996 saturn.....
    yes you are right but he found it and replace it ... so what do i do now
     
    vita via CarKB.com, Jul 6, 2006
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    SnoMan Guest


    To say the least.... Best let someone else do it before you do more
    damage or get hurt too. R134a is not user freindly if you do not have
    a pretty fair grip on what you are doing.
     
    SnoMan, Jul 6, 2006
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