Has anyone tried any R12 alternatives?
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Has anyone tried any R12 alternatives?
I currently need to recharge the AC in my 1988 Volvo 240DL, I took it to the shop to drain whatever R12 was left because it is illegal for me to handle R12 in California and probably the rest in the US. Anyways, I don't want to bother converting and I heard most of the time the r134a when running on a converted r12 system puts a lot of stress on the compressor so I was looking at some r12 alternatives like enviro-safe and was wondering if anyone has gave it a try at it or other alternatives.
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I refilled my 240 ('91) with Duracool. It is also known as HC-12. I've had good results, although I totally re-built my system, and didn't have quite enough to totally fill it. I have more now, but haven't had time to fill it. My car has an R-12 system like yours. I don't honestly know the results yet, though because I've not got it totally full. I did get it full enough to run, and it worked fine on all except the hottest days. That will probably be fixed when I get more coolant into the system.
I also filled a '97 Dodge Ram with it. It was an R-134a system, and it worked great on that--i put the proper amount into it. Duracool has a website, and you can get it from there.
Also... I converted a '89 740T over to 134a a number of years ago, with very disappointing results. My experience is that the HC-12 works better than the r-134a.
I actually have a whole thread on the process i went thorugh on my 240.
https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...entures-71258/
Post #16 or so might be the part that would be useful to you.
Enjoy.
I also filled a '97 Dodge Ram with it. It was an R-134a system, and it worked great on that--i put the proper amount into it. Duracool has a website, and you can get it from there.
Also... I converted a '89 740T over to 134a a number of years ago, with very disappointing results. My experience is that the HC-12 works better than the r-134a.
I actually have a whole thread on the process i went thorugh on my 240.
https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...entures-71258/
Post #16 or so might be the part that would be useful to you.
Enjoy.
Last edited by zjinqui1k; 10-20-2013 at 12:44 PM.
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Thank you for the information, I will keep that in mind.
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I currently need to recharge the AC in my 1988 Volvo 240DL, I took it to the shop to drain whatever R12 was left because it is illegal for me to handle R12 in California and probably the rest in the US. Anyways, I don't want to bother converting and I heard most of the time the r134a when running on a converted r12 system puts a lot of stress on the compressor so I was looking at some r12 alternatives like enviro-safe and was wondering if anyone has gave it a try at it or other alternatives.
My car has not been converted.
Works fine. Going on 2 years now.
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