Didn't want to put this under Parts and Repairs because it isn't tractor related.
We have an old beater '93 Taurus, aka 'Archie'. Nearly everything has broken on Arch EXCEPT the air conditioner which, until this summer, always worked flawlessly. This summer, it barely emitted any cool air at all which meant to me it needed a boost of R12.
I have a set of R12 gages and was trying to find some *reasonably* priced R12. With the temperature pushing 100F, I was apparently taking too long to do this. Wife comes home yesterday, beaming. "I got the a/c in Archie fixed! I gave a guy $40 and he put in two cans...had to buy an adapter, though." I asked where he got the two cans, and 'NAPA' was the answer.
To make a short story long, the a/c does work. I am about 101% sure Archie now has a mix of refrigerants (what would it be...R123?) swirling through his 14 year old a/c system.
But...it works.
Any predictions as to what's going to happen now?
We have an old beater '93 Taurus, aka 'Archie'. Nearly everything has broken on Arch EXCEPT the air conditioner which, until this summer, always worked flawlessly. This summer, it barely emitted any cool air at all which meant to me it needed a boost of R12.
I have a set of R12 gages and was trying to find some *reasonably* priced R12. With the temperature pushing 100F, I was apparently taking too long to do this. Wife comes home yesterday, beaming. "I got the a/c in Archie fixed! I gave a guy $40 and he put in two cans...had to buy an adapter, though." I asked where he got the two cans, and 'NAPA' was the answer.
To make a short story long, the a/c does work. I am about 101% sure Archie now has a mix of refrigerants (what would it be...R123?) swirling through his 14 year old a/c system.
But...it works.
Any predictions as to what's going to happen now?