134a in a 90q system?

James at ringsperformance.com James at ringsperformance.com
Fri Apr 19 19:24:56 EDT 2002


> anyone done this, seeing as i wasted my r12 in a junk york compressor,
> i've got a new compessor of a 90 that was used for 20 seconds (literally)
> there was system blockage and dad said to heck with it..
> so seeing as i've got r-12 oil all in the system should i just stick with
that?
> i've done some research and looks like 134a doesn't like the r-12 oil.
> is there an easy way to flush this or not really?
> i may just go back to the r-12.

PAG oil is for R134 only. Ester oil works for both R12 and R134, so you
don't have to flush! :-)

cu, James Marriott
'84 4kq beater, 217k, for sale (BUY IT!)
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare ersatz NG engine, 184k
'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 142k
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