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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Los Alamos, NM, USA
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No, one uses mechanical vacuum pump oil; the new pump will come with a sealed bottle sufficient for the first fill. If the pump sits for more than a couple of weeks (here in dry New Mexico) or has done more than two A/C systems I change to new oil. It is easy to do on the pump you listed as it has a integral drain. The problem is the oil picks up water and that limits how low a vacuum the pump can achieve. The oil is relatively cheap and you can buy it from the places that sell the A/C servicing vacuum pumps.
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