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Well, thank you for taking the time to respond. It doesn't seem to be getting worse, so I won't worry about it for now.

Thanks again!

Sorry, I guess I should have included all that in my original post.

I removed the oil the compressor shipped with and added 5.5 oz of PAG46. The spec I read was that it called for 5.8, but I knew there was some residual oil in there.

I added 18 oz of R134A by weight, which was about 1.5 cans ...

Hello everyone,

I recently replaced the A/C compressor in my 2009 Mazda 3 (along with condensor/drier/expansion valve and a thorough flush and dry of all other lines and components.) It's cooling great, but there's a problem.

3 years ago I did the same to my Saturn Vue with a cheap replacement ...