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Old 11-21-2003, 08:11 PM
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Re: Ac system rebuild-- synthetic oil R12 to R134a

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Originally posted by dmorrison
I put $100 of R12 freon in the system...
I disagree with this part. How much does the system take? I bought R12 at the auto parts store earlier this year for $18 a can and was told it went on sale for even less a couple weeks later.

You're afraid of it leaking out, but you're going to put the system under deep vacuum for a lomg time before filling it. So any significant leaks would show up then. Granted, things can leak under pressure that don't leak under vacuum, but it won't be a huge leak that will loose all the freon right away.

How close are you to LarryBible? Maybe you could hire him to do the vacuum and fill.
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