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 May 17 2009, 03:59 AM
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I've heard R12 systems can be converted to R134a. Does anyone know what's involved? Should I convert my old car to R134a, or should I just try to get it charged with R12? I've heard that you have replace the seals in the system, but I've also heard that you don't. If it's easy and reasonably priced, I'd probably convert it.
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May 17 2009, 04:49 PM
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I suck at the auto-x :( Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,421 Joined: 21-April 05 From: TX Member No.: 727 |
As I'm sure you know, R12 isn't produced anymore and is getting harder to find and more expensive. But, a system designed for R12 will definitely cool better with R12 than R134a. Modern systems designed around R134a cool just fine too, but it takes more R134a (and I suspect a larger evaporator) to get the same performance as R12. As stated above, the conversion is pretty straight forward.
If you can find some R12 and the price isn't stupid, it might be worth it to keep using it for the better cooling performance. It will probably be cheaper to convert it and run R134a. |
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