[s-cars] A/C

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Knowing nothing about A/C, but only knowing that I'm
as curious as a dead cat in the middle of the road, I
decided to pop the hood.  On one of the refrigerant
lines it not so clearly says "R-134A", so there you
go.  My next question is that since our compressors
are so ancient and will probably need to be replaced
anyway, has anyone come up with a solution that is
less power draining than having it run off a belt?  I
was thinking of an electrical source rather than a
pulley, being drawn from the alternator?  Just a bit
of curiosity here and frustration at losing some
performance when at WOT on hot days...which I probably
shouldn't do before I load up on a nice big
intercooler, anyway.  Anyone BTDT?  There is the space
in our bay, but can it be done?
--- James Yi <jyi1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With summer here and my car being 10 years old, I
> noticed the A/C not
> getting as cold as it used to. Does the 92'S4's use
> R-134a or the old
> stuff(can't remember the #)? If it is the old stuff
> has anyone converted to
> R-134a with success? How hard and expensive is it to
> convert? Is it a DIY or
> do I need to take it in? Any and all btdt would be
> appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> James
> 92 S4
>
>
>
>
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