air conditioner, recharge Options

[Sebotage]

so i didnt get a cute lil celica booklet with my car to tell me what kinda refrigerante this thing has, anyone care to fill me in on what to use? its a 98 incase that matters...

[D-Man]

All cars 95 and lower, you have to drain the AC first, otherwise if the R134a and the freon mix, you wind up making this black, tarish crap, that just gunks everything up.

If you dont have the time, or experience to drain your own ac lines, nor the money to goto a shop, you can always buy R-12 substitute witch is a BS version of freon. It dosn't cool verry well, but it's better than nothing, and wont react with the freon deposits in your AC lines.

EDIT: you can use that untill you have to dough to goto the auto joint, and have a full on R134a conversion. It'll cool your car, dont get me wrong, but R134a is WAY better, and FREON is now illegal because it was so good (that and kids buying cans of it and huffing themselfs stupid and dead )

Also, R134a is the new standard now that Freon (R12) is illegal for sales for automotive application.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Aug 13, 2008 - 3:28 PM