My position has changed over the years. I see no end to freon and have seen no such laws. I see no reason to change till one is repairing and there IS no freon.

If you repair this year with R12 then by all rights it should last a few years hopefully many. When its next a decision, reassess the situation. I see no point to doing something now for a future possible reason. It can always be converted, you never loose that option. It won't work as well and all possible leaks will occur in at least half the time. the compressor will have its life shortened by the same ratio maybe more.

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician