Technical data

When evacuating the air-conditioning system, refrigerant oil is also extracted and collected in the oil separator

of the service station.

After evacuation, the refrigerant must be filtered in the service station as the oil separator could still contain a

liquid refrigerant/oil mixture. The filtering process gasifies the refrigerant completely and only the previously

ound refrigerant oil remains in the oil separator. Measure and note down this quantity of refrigerant oil, refer to

64 50 009 DRAWING OFF, EVACUATING AND FILLING A/C SYSTEM (R 134A).

Fig. 49: View Of Oil Separator

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 Set all air vents in instrument cluster to "OPEN".

 Start engine and let it stabilize at idle speed.

 Set blower output to min. 75% of max. blower output.

 Switch on A/C system and run for at least 2 minutes at idle speed (risk of

damage at higher speed!).

2006 MINI Cooper

2002-05 HVAC Air Conditioning & Heating Systems - Repair Instructions - Cooper (1.6L) R50/W10 & Cooper S

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