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'90 2.3 LX. My A/C system has a leak. I thought it was the compressor but after reading this I may be wrong. I didn't know you could put stop leak in a A/C system.

I should NOT put stop leak in & recharge with R134.
I SHOULD convert it to R134 (install retro kit), have system purged & charge with R134.

I only need the A/C for this year. The car is gone after that. I don't want to pump a lot of $$$ into the A/C system but I do need it for MD summer!


Dr_EluSivE said:
Yes.... And No. I did my conversion 2 years ago... by "donating" my extra R12 to the local A/c shop, then putting in some stopleak & oil and i charged the system with 134A. It has blown Ice cold since then with only a slight (about 6 oz) recharge last summer. You are correct though, to do it correctly you need to replace the lines and O rings, but using the cheap 29.95 Walmart kit i have enjoyed ice cold A/C with virtually No investment compared to the cost of a "real" conversion. You dont need EPA licenses to mess with R134 and its Really cheap compared to fixing it the "right" way. One of these days i will put new lines and Evaporator on. But why fix it if it works?
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What if my air is slowly getting warmer every day?

last week at this time it got so cold i would turn it off, 3 days later it got slightly warmer
and now it barley gets cold, i would call it luke warm air.
 
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Don't forget to change your orifice tube
 

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I do commercial refrigeraion , c-stores etc. I read of numerous fines for not fixing leak. Look out for some "drop-in" freon. The repair tech that does our sevice trucks says some of them is almost pure propane. I would not want couple pounds of propane under my hood under high pressure. If not r-134a or r-12 I wouln't use it. Be safe.
 
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