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The mighty drier, not the most complex part of the A/C system, but extremely important to keep the system running at optimum performance. When you search the Highgate Air website for driers, you will find 941 results to suit all imaginable cars, trucks, mining and agricultural vehicles. This essential component can often be overlooked, but it’s important to change driers regularly. In this article, we explain why.
When a compressor fails, it’s not as simple as just removing and replacing that part for a new one. The failed compressor spreads debris throughout the system, usually in the form of metal filings, restricting flow and causing high pressures. The condenser is contaminated and simply replacing the compressor will see another premature failure and re-work to fix the same problem. Our latest article runs through compressor failure, prevention methods and the best solution to fix the A/C system.
It is appalling the number of systems we come across in our time in the field where compressors have been replaced, sometimes more than 3-4 times and the system has never been flushed! Can you imagine not only the filings and contamination, but the sheer glut of oil in the system. Why? Read more to find out...
Locked up and billowing smoke, this failed compressor was pulled out of a John Deere 8870. If you want to see what happens when you replace a compressor without flushing the system, this is it!
