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Charlie57
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07-12-12 01:42 PM - Post#2247483

I am ready to install my AC Hoses. My question is, it might be 9 months before I actually drive the car on the road, will the O rings dry up before then? Should I add Freon now or wait until it's ready for the road. Do I lubricate the O ring?
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07-12-12 02:32 PM - Post#2247500
In response to Charlie57

It shouldn't be a problem. The O-rings I got with my unit had a tube of lubrication for the O-rings. Use pag or ester oil to lube them.

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07-12-12 03:36 PM - Post#2247524
In response to Charlie57

Your hoses will dry up...in abut 60 years. Don't put your refrigerant in yet. You may find a boo-boo and have to tear it all apart loosing the stuff. Once you lube the o-rings and put the hoses together you won't need to do so again unless you take them apart. New o-rings would be in order then anyway. They are really only good for one shot and they are cheap to replace.

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