| Important notes for working with the air conditioner service station |
| Observe the following with regard to the operation of air conditioner service stations (e.g. V.A.G 1885; for currently available air conditioner service stations, refer to → V.A.G Workshop equipment catalogue): |
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| The fitted filter and dryer must be renewed at the latest when the operational time specified in the related operating instructions has been reached. |
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| If an air conditioner service station is also used to flush the refrigerant circuit, the dryers and filters fitted must be renewed more frequently → Chapter. |
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| Use is only to be made of refrigerant oils which are also approved for the vehicle-specific refrigerant circuit (if applicable, add the refrigerant oil directly to the refrigerant circuit). → Electronic parts catalogue |
| In cases of doubt about the composition of the refrigerant extracted from the refrigerant circuit, this is not to be re-used even after cleaning in the air conditioner service station. |
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| In such cases, the air conditioner service station is to be drained → Chapter, the system cleaned if necessary and the filters, dryers and refrigerant oil renewed. |
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| In Germany, for example, contaminated refrigerant can be returned to the refrigerant supplier in so-called recycling containers for recycling or ecological disposal (other or additional regulations may apply in other countries). |
| Commercially available air conditioner service stations can be classified in 2 groups: |
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| Air conditioner service stations which clean the refrigerant extracted from a vehicle for re-use (so-called extraction and recycling stations), e.g. V.A.G 1885 (for currently available air conditioner service stations, refer to → V.A.G workshop equipment catalogue). |
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| Air conditioner service stations which transfer extracted refrigerant to recycling containers (for large-scale recycling); these are referred to as extraction systems. |
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