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Without also swapping the serpentine style condenser for a parallel flow, i would be sacrificing quite a bit of capacity and efficiency from what I’ve read.
Not necessarily.

For what it's worth, until recently, I owned a 1994 Toyota Camry V6 Wagon, bought new, with a factory R-134a system ...

Unplug the clutch wire while you're on your work trips. Don't need someone to turn on my accident and snapping drive belt.

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Happy 4th, John.

Not wise to mix oils. If you flush all the old oil and replace the accumulator. You can use any PAG for the specific compressor.

Located a few in the corporate system for the #6 & #8.

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Internals of your core have to turn. Then we treat it as a Reman unit on our website. Additionally, you would need to send the core (s) to our compressor shop. They have the final answer on whether it is rebuildable and whether it would pass the post-build tests.

Your first step is to inspect the ...

Let me check in the morning what is still available. Something like this will help, depending on the line size. Unconfirmed, as I'm not on the company computer

10 or more of Repair Kit #12
3 of the Repair Kit #10
zero availbitly on #6 & #8

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Thank you, this helps. Based on the photo, the dye appears to be more concentrated along the seam where the "peanut" connector mates with the condenser, so I suspected the O-ring could be the culprit. If the leak is due to corrosion, the corrosion should be on the "inner" surface that is not ...

Did you call Tim at ACKits.com to discuss? He might be able to help you.

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JohnHere wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:44 pm If you're charging by pressures instead of by weight, you've most likely overcharged the system, causing the safety valve to vent refrigerant.

Always charge by specs. We are so far from the retrofit pressure charts at this point, IMO.