How To Drain Oil From Car Ac Compressor

The next steps must be done in a near sterile fashion.

How to drain oil from car ac compressor.

Putting the wrong oil in your compressor will damage it. Retrieve the correct amount of oil information from the ac sticker on the car or from a maintenance manual. If you don t have the owner s manual look up the make and model of your vehicle online to find information about your ac compressor. For example your ac compressor may require r134a refrigerant oil rather than pag 46 oil.

You may be lucky enough to find the type of oil on the same sticker that lists the weight of refrigerant your system requires but if not the only place to reliably find the amount of ac compressor oil your system requires is by calling a dealership for your make of car. However the easiest way to tell exactly how much oil needs to be in your specific ac compressor is to drain the old compressor and measure the amount of oil that comes out. Buy auto parts carries a wide range of parts for every car make and model. Empty the air conditioning compressor of all the oil by holding the open end down while rotating the clutch by hand in the normal direction of rotation.