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

[Fred Munro]

I pulled a 22" vacuum on the system, left it overnight to check for leaks
and boil any water off the accumulator/drier, and then charged the Duracool.
There was a leak in the system, but ironically it was the low side charge
port Schrader valve, and the A/C techs she had work on the car missed it,
probably because their gauge manifold was connected to it. They had added
stop-leak and recharged with R12, but when it leaked out again they told her
they couldn't find the leak and evacuated the rest of the R12, so I had an
empty system to work with.


Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: John S. Lagnese [mailto:jlagnese at massed.net]
Sent: June 26, 2008 10:48 PM
To: Fred Munro; mboucher70 at hotmail.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Poll: What do Most People Do When their R12 Runs Low


Did you just add the duracool?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: Poll: What do Most People Do When their R12 Runs Low


>I replaced the R12 in my MIL's car with Duracool. Works great, blows colder
> than the R12, and only cost $20 for the refrigerant. You do have to make
> sure you put a large label on the system to avoid unfortunate accidents
> with
> chain-smoking A/C techs.
>
> Fred Munro
> '97 S6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of mboucher70 at hotmail.com
> Sent: June 26, 2008 7:30 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Poll: What do Most People Do When their R12 Runs Low
>
>
> 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:
>
> 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
>
> 3.) Go to Mexico and get an R12 fillup, or obtain R12 in some other way
>
> 4.) Some other option (specify)
>
>
> Thanks for the Information
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