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Old 06-29-2004, 07:54 AM
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Re: 1991 buick park ave ultra's a/c

that is what is known in the industry as a death kit.

it will most likely cause the compressor to sieze.

your first problem is that you never removed the old metal particles from the system so they are clogging your condensor and and oriface tube so you will have a high side restriction which will cause the high side pressure to go thru the roof. also will block refrigerant from ewntering the evaorator so the system wont cool.

second, if you dont flush the old oil out, there will be too much oil in the system for it to cool correctly.

third, if you dont pull a vacuum and change the dryer, you have air and moisture in the system so it wont work too well. the pressures will be high and the cooling will be terrible (if at all. i suspect the oriface tube is blocked so you wont get any cooling)

finally, even if the oriface tube wasnt blocked, it is metered for r-12 and needs to be replaced with one for 134 to work as well as it should.

its called a death kit for a reason. do a search on "air conditioning death kit" and read what other say about it.
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