What type refrigerant came on our cars? I too want my AC back

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

I just wish our cars had a better fan.  My passat will rearrange your hairdo with the fan set to 4, but my scirocco just kinda drools some air out.  Anybody do any better here?  I've been thinking about scouting out a separate fan assembly to put who knows where - maybe under the recirc vent at the passenger's feet?  



BH









 --- On Fri 07/14, Brian Haygood < haygood@myway.com > wrote:

From: Brian Haygood [mailto: haygood@myway.com]

To: peter@thescirocco.com, sukchew@cox.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:28:54 -0400 (EDT)

Subject: RE: What type refrigerant came on our cars? I too want my AC back



<br><br><br>I did the same $33 Wal-Mart kit.  Quick easy and works.  ...and yes, it works in Texas as well as in PA.  <br><br><br><br>Brian<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> --- On Thu 07/13, Peter < peter@thescirocco.com > wrote:<br><br>From: Peter [mailto: peter@thescirocco.com]<br><br>To: sukchew@cox.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br><br>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:34:43 -0400<br><br>Subject: RE: What type refrigerant came on our cars? I too want my AC back<br><br><br><br>Listen to Chuck...<br><br>Being in Texas, it has to be the acid test for any air-conditioning system.<br><br>I charged my drivable swap-car, a '90 Passat 2L16V, with the $33 R134 kit,<br>that Wal-Mart sells.<br>It comes with everything you need, and the large can of R-134, is a<br>sealer/conditioner.<br><br>I drove it through the summer without any problems.<br><br>If the white Fox wagon gets back on the road, I'll re-charge that with<br>R-134, 
too.<br><br>Peter-302.832.8989<br>http://thescirocco.com/<br><br>Please! Include the previous text in your reply...<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Chuck Blue [mailto:sukchew@cox.net] <br>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:09 PM<br>To: gforbess@attglobal.net; smithma7@gmail.com; neptunonc@yahoo.com;<br>scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>Subject: Re: What type refrigerant came on our cars? I too want my AC back<br><br>Okay People.Here's the scoop on refrigerant substitutes for R-12<br>Frigc-FR-2 contains 39% of 124  59% 134a and 2% <br>butane FreeZone  RB-276  19%<br>142b 79%134a<br>R-406a   55% HCFC-22   41% HCF142b<br>Autofrost  GHG-X4/  51% HCFC-22  28.5%HCFC124  16.5% HCFC 124b<br>  These are not well known substitutes for R-12 Freeze -12 is 20% 142b and<br>80% 134a People think and use it as a drop in refrigerant but it is<br>not.Special fittings are required.If you have to go to that much trouble to<br>change to a refridgerant that contains 80% R-134 why not go ahead 
and<br>convert to all R134a.<br>  I am not a AC man but I do work with AC freon recovery equipment and ask a<br>lot of questions from AC people.I have had people tell me that R134a does<br>not cool as well as R12 but that has not been my experience. I flushed and<br>changed to R134 and I can not tell any diffrence. This was done on a 90<br>Nissan pick up and I have not had any problems with any of the components.I<br>am not advocating this procedure. It was done as a cheap fix and I have been<br>using it for about 4 years with no <br>problems.<br>  It all may blow up tomorrow but so far so good.It is not a daily driver so<br>that may be a factor.<br>     There are some other subs but these seem to be the main ones.<br>Good luck,<br><br>ole blue<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: <gforbess@attglobal.net><br>To: <smithma7@gmail.com>; <neptunonc@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:05 PM<br>Subject: Re: What type refrigerant came on our 
cars? I too want my AC back<br><br><br>Freeze 12 is what was used to replace the R12 in our Mercedes after some<br>a/c work about 3-4 years ago.  I've had zero problems and the efficiency<br>seems to be even better than the original.  No seal replacement or purging<br>was required.   http://freeze-12.com/<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>mail2web - Check your email from the web at<br>http://mail2web.com/ .<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l <br>mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing 
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