R134a into an R12 system...
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The car is actually running okay. I drove the S today to work but when I am driving it sounds like air is seeping out of somewhere, hard to replicate (picture compressed air coming out of that 50 cent machine). Sometimes the car revs up a little when it's in drive, causing an increase in acceleration. I <3 my beater.
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Originally Posted by Mrsideways,Mar 18 2008, 02:58 PM
The problem your going to have is no one's A/C machine will put a vac on a contaminated system. It will damage any machine you hook up to. 1000's of cars have a/c leaks and vent their freon to the air every day. I'm not telling you to vent it but your NOT going to find someone to hook up their $15000 a/c machine to a contaminated car. Plus your going to need to flush the system before reintroducing R12. I think either way this goes that freon is going to end up in the outside air. So walk to work a couple days to make up for your abuse to the ecosystem.
As far as the running funny it sounds like you've got a vacuum leak. A/c contamination won't cause a weird running problem. Make sure your brother didn't disturb a vacuum line and cause a leak.
As far as the running funny it sounds like you've got a vacuum leak. A/c contamination won't cause a weird running problem. Make sure your brother didn't disturb a vacuum line and cause a leak.
It is really not contaminated as such. WEhen they purify the refrigerents they will boil off at different temps.