Poll: What do Most People Do When their R12 Runs Low

[Ameer Antar]

You can still get R12 from some shops. The law says no new R12 can be sold,
but there are still shops that have reserves. It's much more expensive, but
as long as you have no leaks it's cheaper than a properly done conversion to
R134a. Other than the efficiency issue, the lines designed for R12 will leak
R134a, so you will have to refill almost every year. That may not be a big
deal for those who can do it themselves though.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM, <quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:29:32 -0400
> From: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Poll: What do Most People Do When their R12 Runs Low
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
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> Those who have older Audis will eventually reach the day when their AC is
> feeling not as cold as they want it.  I'm wondering what people do mostly.
>  The choices that I can think of are:
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> 1.) Live with it...Not so bad where I am, in Montreal, or the anywhere
> north...can't imagine this is an option in Arizona...
>
> 2.) Spend $400 and Do the R134 conversion...live with the 20% reduction in
> efficiency or any other problems the conversion entails
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> 3.) Go to Mexico and get an R12 fillup, or obtain R12 in some other way
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> 4.) Some other option (specify)
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> Thanks for the Information
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