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Evacuating and Charging

Quick Checking of Refrigerant Charge

Step 1 - 4:




This procedure can be used for quickly checking whether the A/C system has a proper amount of refrigerant or not.
Run engine at fast idle and operate A/C system at its maximum cooling capacity for a few minutes.




Then, look at the sight glass (1) on condenser outlet pipe (2) and compare what is observed with the symptoms listed in the table.