ohEVO18

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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

hang187

iTrader: (7)

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

silverIXMR

iTrader: (3)

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.

eyewhen

iTrader: (2)

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

MRmike

iTrader: (16)

Is it safe and ok to do it yourself?

hitman28

iTrader: (5)

people cant buy freon in wisconsin, shops only : (

lttldggr

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.

ohEVO18

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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

lttldggr

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

Hi Im Vinh

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

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