A/C Switch er roo

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

also, just for the record, 134a sucks for the environment too.  what i was 
thinking about was throwing in a condenser from a passat or something 
similar (i assume it's bigger). is there room on a rocc for this?
-michael


>From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@attbi.com>

>Just so that you ALL know (since I have seen this thread a few times) the
>R134a coolant works at a lower pressure and has a lower cooling temp so it
>won't be as cool as R12.  R134a can be very cold but not as cold as R12.  
>On
>every conversion I have done (worked at an A/C shop for a while) the R134a
>was always a few degrees warmer than the R12.  Remember that whenever
>something is too good to be true, it usually is!!  Since it is
>environmentally safe means that there is a downside somewhere else and in
>this case it is in the cooling abilities.  I would reccomend to everyone 
>who
>is still running R12 to hold on to it for as long as you can!!  It isn't
>illegal to maintain what you have!!  Plus, I still know where to get R12!!!
>but I'm not tellin!
>
>Dave
>
>
> > Ok, I recently converted my A/C over to R-134 and while it's kinda cool,
> > it's not great.  A member of my local VW club told me this weekend that
> > he's got some R-12 and made me a hell of a deal on it.  So, my question
> > is, now that I've converted, how difficult would it be to go back to
> > R-12.  Can I jusr let the 134 out or are there some other things that
> > have to be done now.
> >
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