Hello, I have owned an '83 MB 300D now for about a month. This was a problem I ignored for a couple of weeks but now I am ready to tackle it. On the ride home, after I bought the car, (and after 200 miles of driving without turning on the A/C), I decided to turn on the A/C. After a couple of minutes on and at a red light, the A/C gas just bursts out all around my hood. (I didnt know it was A/C gas at first). I turned off the car then I open the hood, I noticed all this liquidy "green" stuff around the A/C dryer so I knew something happened with the A/C. I look at the compressor and it says R-12 on it but, is it really R-12? I am also wondering if it was R-12 and they topped it off with R134 to sell the car and then the dryer could not handle it. I am going to do as follows:

1. Buy a new A/C Dryer
2. Get my hands on 6 cans of R-12 and refill the system.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Adiel