E30 AC system recharge and how to use AC manifold gauges/vacuum

[noid]

Spent quite a bit of time putting this together, hope you guys find it useful.

How to recharge AC system and use AC manifold gauges/vacuum:

http://www.rtsauto.com/how-to-recharge-the-ac-in-your-car-eg-used-will-be-e30-and-how-to-use-ac-manifold-gauges-and-pull-vacuum/

[rich4rdee]

great writeup thanks for sharing!

[jeffnhiscars]

AFAIK duracool and the other substitues are NLA and I can't count how many times I turned the wrong valve and let air back in to a freshly charged system so pay attention.

...and while yes, it's true, a proper conversion does require replacing damn near the entire system, if done right it WILL work as well as an rtwelve system. AMHIK

[noid]

Duracool can be found at nearly every walmart in canada.

For folks in the US, duracool is available direct theough their website:

http://www.duracool.com/ecom/shoppingcart.html

Red Tek (samestuff as duracool) is available through amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E9W2PPS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482074387&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=freeze+12&dpPl=1&dpID=51HFXhvDGTL&ref=plSrch