Chad, Dryer bottles are relatively inexpensive - $28 for my 16v Scirocco so I'd recommend that you replace it instead of fix it. When you replace the dryer, replace the O-rings on those fittings as well. It's a fairly easy item to change - then you have to evacuate and refill the system which is a whole other PITA unto itself.
IIRC, my BMW has 2 fail-safes - the plug on the dryer and another over-pressure device on the compressor which I don't think is sacrificial (like the plug). Given the cost differential, you'd be much happier replacing a $50 dryer bottle than an $XXX compressor should something else fail. --- Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been looking at pics of replacement dryer bottles, but they > don't > have the same plug with led in them. I thought I read in the > bentley that > there is a pressure relief plug built into the compressor. Would I > be ok > with somehow filling the led hole in the dryer plug? Maybe the > dryer on > my car is designed for a car that doesn't already have the pressure > > release in the compressor. It may have been replaced by the > previous > owner with the wrong one. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
