What does freon smell like?
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Car: 89 TTA
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Transmission: 200R4
What does freon smell like?
I finally discharged my A/C system yesterday and it didn't have anything in it. It only made the "psst" sound for 2 seconds, lol. Didn't smell anything at all. I took off the drier and some of the hoses. Still no smell. Come back to the car after going get some tools and there's a strong smell. My brother thought it was freon because he used to work with that stuff but we traced it to my dad's shop. It was the smell of burnt metal, cause he makes custom 4-wheeler racks. I'm just curious if there's anything else common that freon might smell like. Thanks.
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R-12 or R134?
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i you inhale freon you trip, just smell it and if you start seeing things that you know are ont there you are smelling freon
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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Edelbrock TES headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, MSD probillet Distributer/ coil, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player,autometer phantom gauges, soon to have 91-92 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, all new suspension, and new inteior
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90 RS 305 tbi, 4 3/4" cowl Hood, Edelbrock TES headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Crane roller cam, comp roller rockers, vortec heads/intake, ported tbi, w/new injectors, MSD probillet Distributer/ coil, 1 inch tbi spacer, air foil, 14x4 k&n flat base air cleaner, Rebuilt 700r4 w/ B&M shift kit, B&M Megashifter, 3.23 posi, 2 12 RF's with mtx amp, top of line alpine cd player,autometer phantom gauges, soon to have 91-92 gfx, z-28 wing, new paintjob, rims, all new suspension, and new inteior
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please do not attempt to smell freon, especially the 134a. read the side of the can it states "can cause sudden death". another thing it increases the risk of testicular cancer. 134a was made safer for the enviroment but worse for us than it's r-12 counterpart.
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86',88',89' IROC-Z, 350 TPI, 700-R4
94' Formula, LT1, 6spd
[This message has been edited by mystikkal_69 (edited November 25, 2001).]
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