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Contaminated Refrigerant Handling

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NOTE: If contaminated refrigerant is detected, DO NOT recover the refrigerant into R-134a recovery/recycling equipment. Recovery of contaminated refrigerant contaminates the recovered refrigerant supply and may damage the recovery/recycling equipment.
NOTE: Install a new suction accumulator, receiver drier or receiver drier element as directed by the A/C system flushing procedure.

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    Recover the contaminated refrigerant using suitable recovery-only equipment designed for capturing and storing contaminated refrigerant only.

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    Determine and correct the cause of the customer's initial concern.

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    Refer to Air Conditioning (A/C) System Flushing .

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    Dispose of the contaminated refrigerant in accordance with all federal, state and local regulations.
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