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Is air-con oil damaging to paint?

  • 12-03-2014 06:23PM
    #1
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,934 ✭✭✭


    Right, theres been a bit of an incident:o. Working on a car in a shed with some mates about for a chat. Tipping away and the pipe over the collector/drier was damaged accidentally. starting a very long expulsion of air conditioning gas and oil, everywhere. I know a fair bit about the system so the fags were ordered to be extinguished sharpish, my gloves, covered, were removed and our pet rabbit who had his hutch moved indoors during the cold rough weather, found his hutch back outside rather quickly:D.
    Place has aired out now, no one feels any worse and the wing and bonnet (everywhere......) are covered in what has settled. Is it a case that its about the same as engine oil or is it a case that I may as well have showered it with brake fluid?:(


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  • #2
    pa990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭pa990


    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Right, theres been a bit of an incident:o. Working on a car in a shed with some mates about for a chat. Tipping away and the pipe over the collector/drier was damaged accidentally. starting a very long expulsion of air conditioning gas and oil, everywhere. I know a fair bit about the system so the fags were ordered to be extinguished sharpish, my gloves, covered, were removed and our pet rabbit who had his hutch moved indoors during the cold rough weather, found his hutch back outside rather quickly:D.
    Place has aired out now, no one feels any worse and the wing and bonnet (everywhere......) are covered in what has settled. Is it a case that its about the same as engine oil or is it a case that I may as well have showered it with brake fluid?:(


    The oil that it with ac gas is a lubricant, it's not corrosive.
    Just clean everything up.

    Regas the ac

    Things will be ok.


    I'm just glad that no animals were harmed in the creation of this thread


  • #3
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,934 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    pa990 wrote: »
    The oil that it with ac gas is a lubricant, it's not corrosive.
    Just clean everything up.

    Regas the ac

    Things will be ok.


    I'm just glad that no animals were harmed in the creation of this thread

    Rags and cleaner have been mobilised! Car was waxed recently so might help. And Benji is a-ok, munching away on his grub:D

    Thanks mate.


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