After replacing the compressor don't forget to flush
Secure more revenues, protect warranty claims: Behr Hella Service offers tips
and tricks on how to flush your air-conditioning system
Article of 19.03.2010
Lippstadt, March 2010. After repairing or replacing compressors,
your air-conditioning system will need to be flushed. Flushing removes impurities
and hazardous substances from the air-conditioning circuit. This includes material
particles that arise due to damage to the compressor, moisture, elastomers (rubber
abrasion) as well as dirty coolant agents and oil. Unless these impurities are
removed, they will cause damage to the new compressor or expansion/throttle
valves or multi-flow components. Thus, only by flushing correctly can expensive
consequential damages be avoided and warranty claims against suppliers be protected.
This is the only way to ensure expert repair work and high customer satisfaction.
Thermo Management experts Behr Hella Service offers two methods for flushing
air-conditioning systems: flushing with coolant and service station or flushing
with a flushing agent and drying with Nitrogen. The technical details, advantages
and disadvantages of the two methods can be found in a detailed, fully-illustrated
technical brochure - - which all garages can download under www.hella.de/amc.
Compressors, expansion/throttle values and accumulators cannot be flushed however.
These therefore need to be bridged with adapters during the flushing process.
After flushing, the valves and filters must be replaced. We recommend POA oil
68 from Behr Hella Service when replenishing the compressor after flushing.
Hella offers filter elements in 14 different size as extra protection for the
compressor against damage from impurities.
Detailed information about air-conditioning tools can also be found in the new
Hella air-conditioning brochure. In the diagnosis, maintenance and repair fields
of expertise, Hella has only been offering thermal tools and air-conditioning
service stations for garage supplies since autumn 2009. These products were
distributed by Behr Hella Service up until then. With this realignment, the
full expertise of garage equipment is now pooled together at Hella and the entire
garage equipment expertise is now housed under a single roof. In the future,
Behr Hella Service will focus on the further development of core expertise in
the area of "Thermal Management" spare parts.
| For further information contact: |
Behr Hella Service GmbH
Jörg Laukenmann
Head of Marketing/Communication
Dr. Manfred Behr Straße 1
D-74523 Schwäbisch Hall
Phone: +49 (0)7907 - 9446 37 358
Fax:+49 (0)7907 - 9446 373 79
Joerg.Laukenmann@behrhellaservice.com |
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
Dr. Markus Richter
Company Spokesperson
Rixbecker Straße 75
D-59552 Lippstadt
Phone: +49 (0)2941 38-7545
Fax: +49 (0)2941 38-477545
Markus.Richter@hella.com |
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