I've read all the stuff about R12 and 134 but i can't figure out how to tell which my car uses. My air is still blowing, just not super cold. I'm in orlando and would like to get it colder(ya know, since its may). I dont want to mess up my system and put the wrong one in, so how can i tell which one it is without taking it to some expensive shop and having them tell me?

 

Should be a label under the hood or on the compressor?? I know the fittings are different for the two.

 

Hood's got nothing on it, i was in an accident a few months back and had the hood replaced. If your going to be around for a few i can run outside and take a picture of it and maybe you could tell?

 

Here is a pic I found on google.

 

Take pics of the connectors to fill and someone will be able to tell. Im over in sumter county and i ripped my air out 2 years ago, lol

Edit- or just go off the pic jazz posted the same time i posted, lol

 

 

Can you tell?

 

It's not threaded on the outside, so 134?

 

That looks like a conversion kit. Maybe a previous owner converted it? Check for a sticker on the compressor. What is on the sticker on the canister in the pics you posted.

I can tell you that you can't put the wrong stuff in it. The connectors for R-12 are threaded and the ones for R-134a are quick disconnect type.

If you take it to a shop you can have it evacuated a converted to R-134a anyway. (Looks like it has been converted already.) The conversion kits come with screw on high and low side quick disconnect fittings. They usually have red loctite on them, so I wouldn't try to remove the fitting on the canister.

I understand wanting to get your system properly filled, I lived in Kissimmee and Orlando some number of years ago. I know the humid heat down there can be exhausting. Not missing the love bug season, those things can strip the paint down to bare metal.

 

With those fittings, somebody converted it already to 134A