yes water boils at a low temp when under vacuum but because of the large system of a vanagon you need to keep vacuum on it for along time to get most of the water in the system -------------------------------------------------- From: "John C..." <Trvlr2001@COMCAST.NET> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:58 PM To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose > Hi Roger, > If I'm understanding it correctly, > Under a Vacuum, > water evaporates at a very low temperature, > And is then readily drawn out? > thanks, > John C... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> > >> I blow the lines out and then put a vacuum pump on the reassembled A/C >> system. The pump draws out all the moisture. > |
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