Wabco 1200 air dryer cartridge question
Does anyone know for sure(without guessing or just personal opinion) If a Wabco 1200 series air dryer cartridge goes bad based on time but not mileage?? 29000 miles but 10 years old; never if hardly...
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hostage wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
The more the system is used (pressurized and heated, because compressed air is hotter than ambient, the longer the change frequency is). Ocassional use (like a Motorhome) decreases the change interval. Reason being is, when the system drops to no pressure, the entrained water vapor condenses in the lines and when the system is pressureized again, that condensed water vapor winds up in the cartridge... Pretty simple really.
got a filter coming its only $38 all in so no big deal
change it and good for another 9 years (last one lasted that long)
When you change it (if the new one don't come with the 'o' ring. Make sure the 'o' ring seal is seated in the housing correctly.
You'll know when you remove the old one if 9 years is feasible or if it was saturated a while ago.
