Well I am finding it hard to find 134a. I see a lot of 12a and the newest one. Is it ok to use the sealer one separate from the Freon?134a is available anywhere, even Walmart....word of advice!..don't use any with sealer in it..it clogs the system requiring many repairs...
Doug in P.R.
Have you gone to any parts store and asked for an AC recharge kit?
Yup I have. It’s all R12a on the cans. I have R134a. Everyone says they can’t be mixed as they are differant.
What major auto parts store did you go to , Advance, Autozone, Napa, it makes no sense. R12 is no longer manufactured!
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Ok thanks for the tip on sealer. I just think in the last 14 yrs it’s going to loose some of it even being a sealed unit. I am going to change my cabin air filters this week and see if that helps or not.No sealer ever....have you mechanic find the leaks and fix them...( Hopefully it not the evaporator in the dash ..much labor..
Doug in P.R.
Yes, that would have helped since apparently in Canada they banned R134 in 2020.
Oh really. I did not know that. I will have to look into that. Maybe that’s why it hard to find but the 12a is available all though it and it’s the oldest of the 3 kinds out their of Freon
Sorry I had no idea what Canada did with refrigerant regulations until a few minutes ago when you mentioned you live up north and looked it up.
Red-Tec 12a, never heard of it but it's directly compatible with the old R12 systems.Then what do they use to refill? Propane?
Doug in P.R.
R12a possesses similar volumetric refrigerating effects to R12 and 134a refrigerants and operates at lower head pressures versus R12 or R134a. It can be used effectively in R12 or R134a refrigeration systems without major “retrofitting.”