RickMar
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- 99 Mercury Mountaineer
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
A few years ago driving a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L I just about melted my A/C compressor …I mean I really fried it so bad the engine would not crank over until I disconnected the belt. I had to bypass the compressor and mickey mouse the system with a shorter belt.
Finally I figured I would get a new compressor and get the A/C running again.
Looking through the service manual there is mention of replacing the accumulator/dryer and to replace the orifice tube if the compressor failed due to internal causes. The remaining components (Evaporator core and Condenser core) need to be cleaned by flushing or filtering..
I have been told my vehicle has a parallel flow condenser, which is nearly impossible to flush when a compressor grinds itself to pieces.
My vehicle also used the one piece hose assembly, with orifice tube...
Along with the new compressor… a condenser, orifice tube and accumulator/dryer need to be used and to flush the remaining parts completely and dry to bare metal.
I am trying to avoid the time consuming work of removing and replacing the condenser.
Could you tell me if you would go with the recommended flushing or replace the condenser?
The manual advises flushing. Any information will be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Rick
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
A few years ago driving a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0L I just about melted my A/C compressor …I mean I really fried it so bad the engine would not crank over until I disconnected the belt. I had to bypass the compressor and mickey mouse the system with a shorter belt.
Finally I figured I would get a new compressor and get the A/C running again.
Looking through the service manual there is mention of replacing the accumulator/dryer and to replace the orifice tube if the compressor failed due to internal causes. The remaining components (Evaporator core and Condenser core) need to be cleaned by flushing or filtering..
I have been told my vehicle has a parallel flow condenser, which is nearly impossible to flush when a compressor grinds itself to pieces.
My vehicle also used the one piece hose assembly, with orifice tube...
Along with the new compressor… a condenser, orifice tube and accumulator/dryer need to be used and to flush the remaining parts completely and dry to bare metal.
I am trying to avoid the time consuming work of removing and replacing the condenser.
Could you tell me if you would go with the recommended flushing or replace the condenser?
The manual advises flushing. Any information will be very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Rick