Recent content by JR Manx

When was this? Just curious- if it was fairly recent I'll definitely try ordering some.

Ok. I'm thinking that using that Envirosafe stuff might be best, since I doubt I can find R12 anywhere in Washington state, unless I buy it from Ebay.

No, I meant my air compressor. Or did Chris mean test it with the AC compressor? Are you even supposed to do that without any oil in the system?

Holy cow, really?? I'm not even sure if my compressor will go that high...

So if I leave the old condenser in there, it'll perform better than it would with R134? Ok. And that's legal, right? ...ish? I do want to do a pressure test under normal operating pressure, since my test with about 80PSI of air and a spray-down with soapy water probably wasn't the most...

Wait, so if I just did the bare minimum- dryer/accumulator, o-rings and adapters, would I be good for using a hydrocarbon refrigerant? I don't want to have to replace the condenser if I don't have to- finding one and then retrofitting it would be a pain in the neck that I don't want to have to...

If I'm gonna do that, I might's'll use R134...

Ok. But @brianl703 said that federal law makes it illegal to use that to replace R12...oh wait...is this the part I'm not supposed to mention out loud? (edit) Also, I'm not sure if it contains oil or not?

Well that shouldn't be hard to find, lol. But how would I get it into my AC system? And what about oil?

Hydrocarbon refrigerants; you mean that Frostycool or Envirosafe stuff?

Crap, really? I'd hate to have to do that, we already rebuilt the front end... I found this online for retrofitting an R12 system for R134A: THE MINIMUM: Filter drier or accumulator; High side system “O” rings through to the evaporator inlet; Add 30-50ml PAO oil to a/c system. Fit high/low...

In Washington State, though? @ripcord mentioned that they recently banned the sale of any AC refrigerant.

So, where would I find one? Does it have to be specific to Subarus, or would it be just a generic thing for most R12 systems?

I think I got it mixed up with something else I found- I think it was called Frostycool?

Hmm. https://www.intarcon.com/en/refrigerante-r152a/ I think I understood about 5 words in that. Anyway, it looks like you can use 152a to replace 134a, not sure about R12.