This is unrelated to my original question, but is it worth having the condenser (or anything else) flushed, while I have my car at the auto ac specialist to get the ac system evacuated? I think they said flushing the system costs $80, which I'd rather not pay given my money situation (although perhaps for just the condenser it would be cheaper, I guess). And I've read that modern condensers have such narrow passages that they can't really be effectively flushed. But maybe that's not true? As mentioned in the OP, I'm replacing the compressor, drier, and high pressure hose so those don't need to be flushed. My undrestanding is that you can't flush the expansion valve, so I don't know if that really leaves anything else other than the condenser. And, again, since my compressor did not seize and technically still works, perhaps there just is no need for flushing.