reinstalling air conditioning...anything i need to know?

[greathuskie]

is this going to be absolutely impossible to re-install, i mean every single line and everything involved in the reinstall...

anything i need to know before doing this? i have an ETS race FMIC and mishimoto radiator, is the condenser even going to fit?

 

[ziggo0]

Use new o-rings on everything that goes back.

 

[trunks]

As long as your fmic was installed properly with enough gap in between it and your radiator, it should fit. Otherwise it shouldn't be too hard.

I reinstalled mine with a new compressor. After the shop charged it the compressor pulled very hard for the first few times. The belt even sqeaked the first time I turned it on. I'm told that it takes a while for the lubricant to really get working. My coolant temps got pretty hot for a while until that happened - just a warning.

 

[RipperXX]

If your filling it yourself your going to have a hard time getting any moisture in the lines from freezing over. My advice once you get it together is to take it to a AC shop so they can vac and fill the system to help make sure you don't end up with it freezing up.

 

[greathuskie]

im definitely going to have a shop fill it, im more concerned on how difficult it will be to reinstall the lines and condenser because i took them out.

so just making sure, in order to successfully put all the lines and everything back in, i will not need to pull any major item out of the engine bay?

 

[greathuskie]

anyone else?

 

[pboglio]

If you do reinstall it, keep the new filter/drier capped until they can draw vacuum and remove all the air from the system. This will provide the highest performance from a/c system.