Tell him to install a filter/muffler in the system right befroe
the compressor. This will prevent the problem, the way it should have
been fixed originally.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Killer Banshee Productions - Kriss De Jong wrote:

> I've had the receiver/dryer and compressor replaced. 2 compressors
> have gone out in the last month...I just got a call back from the
> shop and was told that there are small metal flakes in the system
> that is doing this. (contamination). He told me originally that he
> flushed the system.
>
> Now he says that the only way to get rid of the contamination is to
> boil out each of the parts for the AC system.
>
> So my question I guess is this...is this REALLY how you get rid of
> contamination in an AC system and how much should this cost if that
> is how it has to be done?
>
> I have to tell him first thing in the morning to go ahead or not.
> TIA,
> Kriss
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