Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining page 58

5 Maintaining the Split/Splitless Inlet
To Replace the Gold Seal on the Split/Splitless Inlet
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
C AU T I O N
6 Put on gloves to protect the new gold seal and washer from contamination. Put a new
Inlet gold seal
Washer
Reducing nut
7 Replace the reducing nut and tighten securely with a wrench.
8 Replace the inlet liner.
9 Install the column and the insulation cup.
10 Bakeout contaminants. See
11 Perform an inlet Leak & Restriction test and reset the maintenance counters.
12 Select Finished, then select OK to exit the GC installation wizard.
13 Restore the analytical method.
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washer in the reducing nut and place the new gold seal on top of it (raised portion facing
down).
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Gold seal side view
Make sure raised portion faces
down.
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