When I changed over the wiring harness in my car, I had to change over two fittings on the A/C lines, and unfortunately, the Freon leaked out when I did this. Trust me, if I’d know that was going to happen, I’d have had a shop capture it for me, so don’t go all earthy for my accident.
I took it into a shop today to have them refill it. They said Freon was at $45 a pound because of the EPA regulating it.
At last I heard, Congress told the EPA they had no right to do this, and re-legalized it, and it was back down to about $10/lb.
Am I being ripped off? What’s the true story on the regulation of Freon, as it now stands?
No debates on the atmosphere or anything, just the facts, please.
While we’re at it, they offered to convert me to R-134a. Their price for conversion AND filling is considerably cheaper than for just filling with R-12.
I thought the whole A/C lines had to be evacuated, re-oiled, and all the O-rings and compressor/evaporator lines changed out?
Also, I didn’t think R-134a cooled as well as R-12. How do they compensate? Over-pressurizing?
FINALLY (I hope) I asked them if they worked with “Supercool,” aka R-22. They just shook their heads and frowned. What’s the deal with R-22? Don’t they mix R-22 with R-134a to make it work better, sometimes?
–Tim