Re: [mk2] a/c questions

["Josh(MAD16v)Able" <kpa@wizvax.net>]

they all leak, as long as its a slow leak fill er up!!
high price?? got good old fashion made in the USA R12 last year for about
20$ a pound..
>The shop you get it charged at (if it is even remotely
>good) should have a freon sniffer.  They can put some
>in your system, then use the sniffer to track down the
>leaks.  
>
>In my limited experience with bad AC systems it is
>usually a bad gasket where the hoses connect, the
>drier, or the compressor, but not the hoses
>themselves.
>
>With the price of freon way up this would be better to
>have a shop at least find the problems in MHO.  Unless
>of course you have access to some grey market Mexican
>freon.
>
>Mark
>--- "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@core.com> wrote:
>>   after my a/c ran out unexpectedly last fall i
>> didn't bother getting it
>> recharged. now that the warm weather is coming back,
>> i'd like to have my
>> little cooling friend back. so, can some please tell
>> me before i
>> recharge the thing, what i should look out for?
>> holes in hoses or
>> condensers...what? also, i'm assuming that the older
>> systems (like ours)
>> used the r134a, right? is there a specific brand to
>> buy or stay away
>> from, or should i just say screw it all and take it
>> somewhere to have it
>> done? thanx.
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>Mark
>
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