[DML] Annual R134 Threads...

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Weather muust be getting warmer when the annual R134 threads start to
come out...

Not just DeLorean -- R12 usually outperforms R134 in any system
designed for it. R134 works (quite comfortably IMHO), but R12 does
work better (my Lincolns, for example, will loose their refrigeration
cycle sitting in rush hour traffic with just the engine fan at 500
RPM. Not a problem with electric fans of course).

The issue is cost and convenience. R134 is available to the general
public at any parts house, as low as $2.50 a can (case quantity). R134
tools are also more readily available. R134 responds well to
non-professional mechanics. If your system leaks, losing R134 is less
traumatic than losing R12 (both to your wallet and to the environment).

If I had only one antique vehicle to maintain, R12 would certainly be
the way to go. But with a fleet, the newest of which is 19 years old,
R134 makes more sense for me.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James Espey" <james@xxxx> wrote:
> Not sure about back east where Harold lives (and California where
everything
> seems to be deemed environmentally unsafe), but here in Texas, R12
prices
> have been stedily dropping back to early 1990 levels. The word that
I have
> received from our supplier is that as all the new cars are now
running R134,
> and so many people were frightened into, or otherwise convinced that
they
> needed to convert to R134, demand for R12 has dropped so much that
prices
> are now considered "normal" again. Of course, if you have a leak in your
> system, it is against the law to refill it with R12. However, at
least here
> in Texas (and when I was in AZ) a properly functioning R12 system in a
> DeLorean will outperform a DeLorean converted to run on R134.
> 
> James
> 
> 





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