Refrigerant from Cars Inc.

[Guest Steeleco]

Anybody ever used this? It is on the Cars Old Buick Parts web site.

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Replaces 134A & 12

No Retrofit Necessary

No Oil Change Required

Works with all oils

Direct Drop In

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Up to 32% more efficient

Requires less energy to compress

Less wear / Extends Compressor Life

Colder than Freon

12 oz. equiv.

Zero Ozone Depletion Potential[/TD]

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[60FlatTop]

Here is the active refriferant: Alkane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't swallow it.

Bernie

[Guest Rob J]

I'd stick with standard R-12. IMO, nothing cools like R-12 in these older style HVAC systems. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Especially now that R-12 is no where near as expensive as it once was.

[60FlatTop]

You can still recharge a system with R-12 for under $100. It would be illogical (see Spock to your left) to convert on a collector car. An '86 to '92 Riviera would be the lowest value car in our group to service. Newer has 134a. A good example should be worth $6,000 minimum. With limited driving and an older compressor shaft seal a charge per year would be the average. Anything worse and you have a system ready for complete failure.

Once we get into Rivieras from '76 back to '63 the value of the car goes up exponentially. What's $100 a year; the equivalent of a tank of gas?

The correct stuff is the correct stuff. Superheat characteristics cool your compressor and protect it from premature failure, miscibility of oil assures proper lubrication and oil return, the latent heat of vaporization for R-12 is about 15% greater than substitutes. If you open a 1956 refrigeration text book from 1956 you will find most of today's "modern" replacements listed. They were not used because they were second, third or greater choice. They still are at least a second choice.

It is your job to maintain a hermetic system, properly recover, and reclaim used refrigerants to keep them from escaping into the atmosphere, de minimis. The right stuff is great if you follow procedures.

Bernie