A/C Question

[jaye30]

Im in Orange County and me & my pops are looking for a spot to recharge my E30. Any suggestions?

[Ral]

Just recharge? Go to Auto Zone and buy a bottle of refrigerant and do it yourself. Is it converted to R134a yet?

[jaye30]

Just recharge? Go to Auto Zone and buy a bottle of refrigerant and do it yourself. Is it converted to R134a yet?

i think i still have the original. i think its an R12? im not sure.. how much to convert?

[Wh33lhop]

I don't think you can get the original refrigerant, and a conversion was rather costly last time I checked.

But I'm curious as my AC doesn't really do crap either.

[jmairs]

You probably need to convert. I think the cheapest I can get the parts is $500.

[maximumangle]

R12 is not available to the public, as you have to have your 608 certs to legally obtain it. you'd be better off going with a conversion anyways and having a shop charge it, instead of doing it with little bottles of refrigerant. those bottles have about 1oz of PAG oil in them per bottle, and a typical A/C system contains approx. 3oz total. i dont know about the system on an e30, but an average system takes approximately 1.2-1.5lb of refrigerant on top of that, so if you did it by cans, you would have way too much oil in the system and it would not cool properly.

[Wh33lhop]

R12 is not available to the public, as you have to have your 608 certs to legally obtain it. you'd be better off going with a conversion anyways and having a shop charge it, instead of doing it with little bottles of refrigerant. those bottles have about 1oz of PAG oil in them per bottle, and a typical A/C system contains approx. 3oz total. i dont know about the system on an e30, but an average system takes approximately 1.2-1.5lb of refrigerant on top of that, so if you did it by cans, you would have way too much oil in the system and it would not cool properly.

Seems like you'd be better off removing the AC, unless you wanted to pay $800 to have a conversion done.

[88e30is]

AC...ftw. I love Michigan. Nothing an open sunroof and windows down cant solve. Plus when the girls sweat they tend to take off cloths. Just an FYI.

[Nic01101011]

will a shop still recharge with r12
if so whats a typical cost

[emi325i]

$500? $800? what are you guys talking about? a new expansion valve, a new receiver/drier and o-rings, pag oil and a couple lbs of R134A cost that much? A good used compressor is $100. I custom fitted my new sanden compressor for less than $800.

[Japandrew73]

Yea there's this guy that's right next to Mossimo's vespa shop. It's on Superior Ave. He completely rebuilt my AC to perfection and it blows ICE cold now. Go to him. He'll do it right.

[emi325i]

buy yourself a new receiver/drier,the 2 fittings and a expansion valve, have a shop evac the R12 (should be free of charge if they keep the R12), do the conversion in half an hour, and go back to have it filled to exact specs. That shouldn't cost you more than $150-200 tops

[jaye30]

Yea there's this guy that's right next to Mossimo's vespa shop. It's on Superior Ave. He completely rebuilt my AC to perfection and it blows ICE cold now. Go to him. He'll do it right.

where exactly? im interested.

[Dirtbleed]

will a shop still recharge with r12

if so whats a typical cost

I had my AC recharged with R12 up in the Bay area a few years ago. $50 to test for leaks and $100 worth of R12. Been ice cold for 3 years.

[Wh33lhop]

I had my AC recharged with R12 up in the Bay area a few years ago. $50 to test for leaks and $100 worth of R12. Been ice cold for 3 years.

I'm not sure if it's legal to recharge a system with R12 any more. I thought you had to do an R134a conversion... there any truth to this?