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Originally Posted by Mr.ac
Well, since yours had a hole, I would either buy two big bottles of ac recharge. At the local auto parts store. It doesn't take a whole lot but I'm no mechanic. Also they have a cool little filler gauge that tells you if you need more or less
But since you didn't mention any diy or know of said ac refills I would recommend you take it to a pro ac place have them top you off.
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They should not sell these refill kits because people usually do not use them correctly. If you need to refill your A/C, you have a leak in your system. That means, properly evacuating the system (not venting it into the atmosphere), finding the leak, fixing it then applying a vacuum to the system for at least an hour.
In the case of the OP, it definitely needs vacuum for a while to draw out any moisture and air inside his system and he knows that.
I have done this a few times but have never found a definite answer because no one really knows. Since you probably lost PAG oil through the following:
1. hole in your condenser releasing all of your refrigerant/vaporized oil.
2. oil physically in your old condenser that you will toss.
My guess is that you probably lost half of the oil in your system. I think it would be more harmful to have too little compared to too much. I'd put 50-70% of the factory fill in the system