Important Notes

Working With The Service Station

Important notes for working with the service station







Observe the following with regard to service station operation (e.g. A/C service station VAS 6007A):
- The filters and dryers installed must be replaced at the latest on completion of the service life specified in the relevant operating instructions.
- Exclusive use is to be made of refrigerant oils which have been approved for the vehicle-specific refrigerant circuit.

In the following situations, extracted refrigerant is not to be re-used even after treatment in the service station:
- In the event of compressor damage causing decomposition of the refrigerant due to overheating.
- If dark, sticky deposits are present in the refrigerant circuit (this can only be determined after opening system).
- If there is any doubt about the composition of the refrigerant extracted from the refrigerant circuit.

The service station is to be drained in all these cases, the system cleaned if necessary and the filters, dryers and refrigerant oil replaced.

Contaminated refrigerant can, e.g. in the Federal Republic of Germany, be returned to the supplier in so-called recycling containers for recycling or for environmentally safe disposal (other or additional regulations may apply in other countries).

Commercially available service stations can be classified in 2 groups:
A. Service stations which clean extracted refrigerant for re-use (so-called extraction and recycling stations), e.g. A/C service station VAS 6007A.
B. Service stations which transfer extracted refrigerant to recycling containers (for large-scale recycling). These are referred to as extraction systems.