Flushing Vintage Air system ?'s

[RossL]

I have a Vintage Air Kit in my 55 Thunderbird. One of the hard lines from my condensor to the dyer was damaged and developed a leak a lot of oil came out with the R134a.

I have a new dryer and lines. I read not to flush the dryer or the compressor.

I have all of the components removed from the car. What is the best way to flush the hoses, evaporator and condenser?

The car is not running at the moment I would prefer to do the flush before I put everything back together.

[JohnHere]

Unless the compressor disintegrated and shed metallic and plastic debris into the system, there's no need to flush the system unless the hard line that leaked also shed debris. Not likely, though.

If you have a parallel-flow condenser, it can't be flushed in any case. It must be replaced, as does the receiver/dryer.

[RossL]

Vintage Air suggested to flush the system. I beleive they said this to ensure all of the oil is out of the system before it's recharged.

There was no damage to the compressor. I highly doubt any debris was introduced by the line.

This is the description for the condenser "Condenser, 14” x 18”, Parallel Flow". Is this the type that cannot be flushed? Would it be worth trying to blow some compressed air to get any oil out? (I already purchased a dryer)

https://vintageair.com/1955-57-ford-thu ... ith-drier/