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tissue on Sat August 11, 2012 4:06 PM

Year: 1997
Make: Honda
Model: Civic
Refrigerant Type: r134a

Hello there. Im just doing retrofit on my honda civic and i want to ask how much pag oil the whole system holds. Here on forums i found out it should be 5ounces which is like 150ml, but in my repair manual it says 130ml for compressor, 20ml for condenser, 40 for evaporator , 10 lines and 10 for the reciever drier. I drained oil from condenser,compressor, lines are dry and im gonna change the drier. So now im really confused how much oil should i add. Excuse my english im from europe. Thanks in advance

Edited: Sat August 11, 2012 at 6:08 PM by tissue

TRB on Sat August 11, 2012 6:19 PM

5 ounces is what I see listed.

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AutoCool on Sun August 12, 2012 12:28 PM

Unless you see a sticker under your hood stating otherwise, here are the capacities:

Civic 2/3/4-dörrars - Denso-kompressor 1996-2000 R134a 600-650g 140ml PAG 46
Civic 2/3/4-dörrars - Sanden-kompressor 1996-2000 R134a 600-650g 130ml PAG 46
Civic 5-dörrars - Denso-kompressor 1997-2000 R134a 500-550g 120ml PAG 46
Civic 5-dörrars - Sanden-kompressor 1997-2000 R134a 500-550g 130ml PAG 46
Civic 5-dörrars diesel RHD 1997-2000 R134a 560g 135ml PAG 46
Civic 5-dörrars diesel LHD 1997-2000 R134a 640g 135 ml PAG 46

Not sure but I think Hondas in the USA are made in the USA, might be same capacity on everything there?

tissue on Sun August 12, 2012 2:32 PM

ok so 5ounces is safe to go. thank you guys.

mk378 on Mon August 13, 2012 7:11 PM

The numbers per component are an approximate guess to be used only when replacing a few components. If you have a new or flushed dry system, use the total system spec.