AndyBees
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- Joined
- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Southeast Kentucky
- TDI
- Silver 2003 Jetta TDI, Silver 2000 Jetta TDI (sold), '84 Vanagon with '02 ALH engine
To the "old school" crowd or late comers familiar with R-12 Systems... (Now an R-134a system)
I made the stupid decision two years ago to put "stop leak" in my 84 Vanagon AC system (ALH Engine with Jetta OE Compressor). Well, it keeps plugging the screen in the Expansion Valve. I've cleaned it once (last summer) and it is now plugged again. I did some connector repairs at the AC Compressor, new dryer, etc. Right off, the compressor pulled a vacuum on the Low Side and high pressure on the High Side with less than a can of R134a.
So, I removed the Expansion valve to find the screen plugged again.
Question, would it hurt to leave screen out?
We were hoping to hit the road Saturday morning on a 30 day journey ... this issue (and a couple of others) has set me back at least two days..
I made the stupid decision two years ago to put "stop leak" in my 84 Vanagon AC system (ALH Engine with Jetta OE Compressor). Well, it keeps plugging the screen in the Expansion Valve. I've cleaned it once (last summer) and it is now plugged again. I did some connector repairs at the AC Compressor, new dryer, etc. Right off, the compressor pulled a vacuum on the Low Side and high pressure on the High Side with less than a can of R134a.
So, I removed the Expansion valve to find the screen plugged again.
Question, would it hurt to leave screen out?
We were hoping to hit the road Saturday morning on a 30 day journey ... this issue (and a couple of others) has set me back at least two days..
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