Service Station, Important Usage Information

Service Station

Service Station, Important Usage Information







Note the following when operating the A/C service station VAS 6007A (also applies to other and currently supplied service stations).
- 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, Draining with Service Station , 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.