Very bad oil with lots of black particles.

Just before the holidays last week, this beautiful EVO IX came in for servicing. During the routine checks, the air con compressor oil was found to be very dirty.

According to the owner, his air con compressor was just been replaced with a recon unit. Apparently, the air con system was not flushed. Upon flushing the system, the old oil has lots of tiny black particles floating around.

These tiny particles would soon choke the thermal expansion valve within and there goes another day in the workshop for rectification and another big bill.

Car owners are advised to have their air con system flushed yearly or every 40,000km.