Hey guys,
Had the infamous "black death" compressor failure, decided to replace the entire system, all motocraft except for the evap and condenser, being delco and TYC repectively. Cost of an entire system was in-line with buying aftermarket parts and flushing the evap and 1 hose, $630 shipped to my door.
Question is, how much oil to add before I go have it evacuated and charged?
ACkits (who's doing the charge) says 7 oz, 5 oz in the compressor (fs10) and 2oz in the drier,
Ive seen other references on this board that confirm the 7 oz, but...
The red "MUST ADD OIL" tag on the compressor states to put 5-6 oz in the compressor, 3 oz in the evap 1 oz in the condenser and whatever came out of the drier +1 oz, so 12 oz give or take.
Napa says 7oz http://www.napabeltshose.com/downlo...acityGuide2-8-05.pdf&folder=news&view=napa_hc pg 17
to top it off, heres a TSB saying to add 2 oz http://www.explorerforum.com/forums//showpost.php?p=1983179&postcount=10
So, how much oil do I add? 9 oz? or just buy an 8 oz bottle of dec pag46 https://www.ackits.com/pc/OB-6046C/Compressoroils/DEC+PAG+46+(8+ounces)+DYE and call it done?
Or should I use the Motocraft pag oil? From what Ive read the DEC stuff is far superior, any thoughts?
Anyone care to help?
Thanks!
Dylan
Had the infamous "black death" compressor failure, decided to replace the entire system, all motocraft except for the evap and condenser, being delco and TYC repectively. Cost of an entire system was in-line with buying aftermarket parts and flushing the evap and 1 hose, $630 shipped to my door.
Question is, how much oil to add before I go have it evacuated and charged?
ACkits (who's doing the charge) says 7 oz, 5 oz in the compressor (fs10) and 2oz in the drier,
Ive seen other references on this board that confirm the 7 oz, but...
The red "MUST ADD OIL" tag on the compressor states to put 5-6 oz in the compressor, 3 oz in the evap 1 oz in the condenser and whatever came out of the drier +1 oz, so 12 oz give or take.
Napa says 7oz http://www.napabeltshose.com/downlo...acityGuide2-8-05.pdf&folder=news&view=napa_hc pg 17
to top it off, heres a TSB saying to add 2 oz http://www.explorerforum.com/forums//showpost.php?p=1983179&postcount=10
So, how much oil do I add? 9 oz? or just buy an 8 oz bottle of dec pag46 https://www.ackits.com/pc/OB-6046C/Compressoroils/DEC+PAG+46+(8+ounces)+DYE and call it done?
Or should I use the Motocraft pag oil? From what Ive read the DEC stuff is far superior, any thoughts?
Anyone care to help?
Thanks!
Dylan