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Old Jul 6, 2001 | 08:44 PM
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AC, it went from bad to worse

My ac was kinda cool(at night), comprsor worked, the metal thing would get cold, my friend added a can of freon, it sucked it all up, the temp before was around 50 now its around 60, do i just have the system evacuated or what???

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Old Jul 6, 2001 | 08:55 PM
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Couple o' things...

One, was the can held upside down? If not, none of the freon got into the system...

Two, was it the right kind of freon? I.E., did you put R134a freon into a R12 system because it was cheaper?

None of these were meant as flames.

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Old Jul 6, 2001 | 09:01 PM
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he punched the hole in the side(with the ac hose thing with guages) of the can and was shaking it around while the car sucked it up
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Old Jul 7, 2001 | 12:50 AM
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When a system gets overfilled, it will start to cool worse.

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