Hey all,

how many cans of 134a recharge freon does an VIII take???

Before I am beaten with words, I DID search, just found nothing but some open ended threads with no real answers....

Cheers

 

Buy the hose with the gauge to check if its full or not. I recharged mine awhile ago but can't remember.

 

yea you really need to get the guage on it. the pressure depends on ambient temperature and if you overfill it you get warm air as well. auto zone has a can for about $30 with a guage and hose. thats a good place to start.

 

those guages really aren't accurate at all :\...
the pressures you should read change with temp too...

 

Is it safe and ok to do it yourself?

 

people cant buy freon in wisconsin, shops only : (

 

It will only take one can unless...... you have a hole in your A/C line! Then it will take 1 can, green dye all over your engine compartment, 2 hours of cleaning, replacement of hose, and then 1 more can.

 

awesome. thanks for the info guys, its much appreciated. I have access to a shop and gauge and all that so I will start there. So I am getting from this that I should check the pressure with the the system running, but does it need to be on a particular setting ( e.g 1-4, max a/c, etc...)? My apologies if these are simple questions, I just know absolutely nothing about HVAC, lol. I did see a kit at Autozone that comes with 2 cans, gauge and its a mixture that has a "stop leak" in the even that there is a slight light leak, and its around $50

 

Thats the kit that I bought... its easy to do... good luck

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_XkaAHvgM0

This vid is helpful in showing you how to recharge your ac system