Re: Propane/Freon

["fivetwofive" <CBL302@xxxx>]

So....How can you tell if you have the explosive stuff in your car or 
Freon can,(or someplace/somebody is installing the explosive stuff) 
outside of having to wait for a explosion to happen.

Claude
000570




--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "davvet2" <davvet2@xxxx> wrote:
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx> wrote:
> > Has anyone ever experienced Propane packed up in a Freon can or 
is 
> this
> > the usual BS from the naysayers?
> > 
> > Les
> 
> Les,
> 
> The fact that some people are selling R-12 in Mexico that is 
propane 
> or is mixed with propane is not BS! I am 400 miles from the Mexican 
> border, and see it happen all the time. It's gotten so bad that the 
> car dealership I worked for had to buy a $1500.00 refrigerant ID 
tool 
> to make sure that the cars traded in to us had R-12 in the system, 
> and not propane. I don't know if they are packaging the propane in 
R-
> 12 cans; they could be selling it out of a tank there. This is a 
very 
> real and very serious problem! All it takes is a small leak in the 
> system, and a spark ---- and the car and driver are toast.