5 Maintaining the Split/Splitless Inlet
To Replace the Gold Seal on the Split/Splitless Inlet
66 Maintaining Your GC
6 Put on gloves to protect the new gold seal and washer from contamination. Put a new
washer in the reducing nut and place the new gold seal on top of it (raised portion facing
down).
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 “To Bakeout Contaminants from the Split/Splitless Inlet” on
page 71.
11 Perform an inlet Leak & Restriction test and reset the maintenance counters.
12 Exit maintenance mode. Select Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Maintenance Mode > Finished.
13 Restore the analytical method.
Inlet gold seal
Washer
Reducing nut
Gold seal side view
Make sure raised portion faces
down.
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