Handling of Contaminated Refrigerants

CONTAMINATED REFRIGERANT HANDLING

1. CAUTION: If contaminated refrigerant is detected, DO NOT recover the refrigerant into your recovery/recycling equipment.

Recover the contaminated refrigerant using suitable recovery-only equipment designed for capturing and storing contaminated refrigerant.
- This equipment must only be used to recover contaminated refrigerant to prevent the spread to other vehicles.
- If this equipment is not available, contact an A/C service facility in your area with the correct equipment to carry out this service.

2. Determine and correct the cause of the customer's initial concern.

3. NOTE:
- Residual refrigerant oil in the receiver/drier must be drained and measured for correct oil system matching.
- The receiver/drier cannot be cleaned. A new receiver/drier must be installed.

Remove the receiver/drier.

4. Clean the A/C evaporator core and the A/C condenser core by flushing.
5. Install the new receiver/drier.
6. Correctly oil match the system.
7. Evacuate and charge the system.
8. Dispose of contaminated refrigerant according to all federal, state and local regulations.