The vapor pressure on steam is pretty high and the surface tension of the oil at that temp is pretty low so oil would not hold it in. In R12 system they used desicant to keep mosture out primarily to prevent ice crystals from blocking orifce. On a R134 system, water reacts with R134 and forms a acid which eats aluminum so it is kinda REALLY important with a R134 system.
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No option? I'd rather do without a/c than as to do a piss poor job that will more than likely ruin the system and make the next repair on the system that much more costly.
With installation? Please find me a place that will "bake your accumulator" since you now switched from a, half assed DIY job, to someone doing it for you. Yes I've gotten accumulators that cheap. Depends on make and model.
The issue is not vapor pressure vs surface tension, but the energy needed to break hydration bonds.
Right. I guess you've never had to improvise in wartime, or in the 3rd world, or whenever the TJ becomes enough of an antique that NAPA doesn't stock your A/C parts any more.
Right. For a TJ.
Ok play the snip game so you don't look stupid. Here I'll snip a bunch of s*it as well so no one knows what you said.
Yay, keep snipping my post bitch. I said originally said "20 bucks OR SO" and the discussion was on a 97' and I dont give a s*it what NAPA has in stock or where YOU are in YOUR jeep. Unlike you I'm talking about proper A/C servicing (IN THE USA) so some dumb ass reading here now, or in the future through archives, doesn't try following this off the wall s*it for WHAT EVER they may drive. My first post on this was directed towards snoballs off the wall drivel and you managed to exceed his stupidity in this thread. Good job. Now have fun cleaning the failed desiccant bags out of your s***ty antique ac system.
Which is provided by heating it to 250 degress or so.
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Depends on the compound that is hydrated. Most all of them require far higher temperatures to decompose into anhydrous forms from hydrated.
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