Air Conditioning - R134A Substitute, Anybody here using this stuff? |
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Air Conditioning - R134A Substitute, Anybody here using this stuff? |
euro911 |
Aug 30 2013, 12:55 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,851 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California |
I recently joined the SubaruVanagon Yahoo Group to get specific info on doing my '84 'Westy' conversion. I just read the following post about air conditioning systems and refrigerants:
"A subie conversion buddy turned me onto this refrigerant, Eco-Safe 12a, alot better the R134 which really doesn't get all that cold. Apparently molecularly the R134 is so different than the old R12 our systems are designed for, that R134 won't get cold enough to be effective. This Eco-Safe 12a will get very cold and the ratio of replacement is 6oz of ES-12a = 16oz of R134." Sounds good. Anybody here have any real world experience with this gas? http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/subaruv...rsations/topics |
GeorgeRud |
Aug 30 2013, 05:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
There are several refrigerants on the market, and the one I've had experience with is called Duracool. I believe it's the same thing that you found.
It seems to actually work very well in the old R-12 systems, and is a direct replacement. There is a lot of controversy about how legal it is to use in automobiles, but I know folks are having good luck with these products. |
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