Working With the Service Station

Working With The Service Station

Important notes for working with the service station







Note the following when operating the A/C service station VAS 6007A (also applies to other and currently supplied service stations).
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- The filters and dryers installed must be replaced at the latest on completion of the service life specified in the relevant operating instructions.
- Only refrigerant oils that are approved for the vehicle-specific refrigerant circuit may be added.

Extracted refrigerant must not be reused under the following conditions, even after cleaning in the station:
- In the case of A/C compressor damage in which the refrigerant was disintegrated due to overheating.
- In the case of dark, sticky deposits in the refrigerant circuit (these can only be found after opening the system).
- If there is any doubt as to the composition of the refrigerant extracted from the refrigerant circuit.

The A/C 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. A/C service stations which clean extracted refrigerant for re-use (so-called extraction and recycling stations), e.g. A/C service station VAS 6007A.
B. A/C service stations which transfer extracted refrigerant to recycling containers (for large-scale recycling). These are referred to as extraction systems.