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Old 08-15-2013, 04:26 PM
BillGrissom BillGrissom is offline
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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY View Post
The compressor will work with either R12 or 134a. However, the compressor is shipped with 6 oz of PAG oil, so it will need to be drained and filled with the proper oil if R12 is used.
The OP could also look at Duracool or Envirosafe (formerly Freeze-12). Both are hydrocarbons that work slightly better than R-12 and work with any oil (mineral or PAG), and use R-134A fittings. Next time, I might use Duracool's PAO oil, which sounds best (but pricey). There is a lot of information and even more mis-information out there, so read up, and determine for yourself if you need to worry about your car blowing up or catching fire (has never happened, probably extremely unlikely).
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