Air Con Compressor Fitting

If this is overlooked and the Range Rover air con compressor is engaged immediately after is has been charged with refrigerant, it may happen that all the oil in the Range Rover a/c compressor will be pushed out all at once while there is no oil yet to enter the Range Rover air conditioning compressor on the other side. This is caused by the fact that it takes some time for the oil to spread across the system and mix with the refrigerant. Eventually the Range Rover ac compressor may be damaged because of a lack of lubrication during the first few minutes of operation.

This will of course be more problematic after the system has been flushed, this will mainly be the case after the Range Rover air con compressor has suffered a catastrophic failure with metal particles from the Range Rover a/c compressor being spread across the entire system.

A rule of thumb guide when installing a new Range Rover air con compressor is to manually turn the Range Rover a/c compressor pulley to make sure that the oil is distributed through the Range Rover air con compressor evenly. Experienced engineers will normally turn the Range Rover ac compressor 10-15 times to ensure that oil has been pushed around the system.

There is still more to do to prepare the Range Rover air con compressor, knowing and following the procedure will be of great importance if a newly installed Range Rover air conditioning compressor should fail after a short period of time and within its warranty period. There is no bigger disappointment than having a warranty claim denied because something as simple as the following procedure has been overlooked.

Generally new Range Rover a/c compressors are supplied charged with oil, but it is always recommended that you check this by draining the new Range Rover air con compressor to check the amount of oil in the Range Rover air conditioning compressor.

Then once you have removed the old Range Rover a/c compressor you should do the same again, empty the old Range Rover ac compressor of oil to see how much oil was in it and then fill the new Range Rover air con compressor with the same amount this is to avoid over charging the system with oil.

After this has been done and the Range Rover a/c compressor has been fitted, you do not engage the Range Rover air con compressor with the engine running until the following steps have been followed.

• Open all air louvers at the dash board,
• Start the engine and let it stabilise at idle speed,
• Set the blower at maximum speed,
• Engage the a/c system and operate it continuously for 2 minutes at below 1500 rpm.

After the two minutes the Range Rover air con compressor oil will have distributed evenly throughout the Range Rover a/c system.