I thought it would be easy enought to refill the hole with solder, but I was wrong. I removed the plug earlier this evening and melted the old stuff out with a torch, then filled with solder. After putting it back in, evacuating the system for 30 min, then refilling I found it was still seeping out slowly as I could see with soapy water. Guess I could have spared two hours and had a new dryer ready to go for $35 from Adirondack. I guess learning how to do this stuff over again is the half the fun.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Yip" <[email protected]> To: "16v list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] found ac leak > 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 It may have been replaced by the 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 > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
