RE: <E30> R134 conversion

["Rodney Moore" <m6bigdog@xxxxxxxx>]

Chris,
Sorry for the late reply.  Vacation you know!!

I doubt there will be and requirement to switch over to R-134a in the future
from the EPA.
Below is a hotline number for the EPA.
The URL for A/C regulations is:
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/

For more information on vehicle air conditioning retrofits, CFCs, or the
ozone layer, contact
EPA's Stratospheric Protection Hotline at 800 296-1996. You can also read an
EPA
brochure titled "It's Your Choice: Retrofitting Your Car's A/C System"
 (EPA430-F-97-052).

I have read just about all the regulations and I have yet to read any future
restriction on the continued use of R-12.  There are loads of procedures
that must be followed but no restriction on the use of R-12 in vehicles that
use it.

For my self, I will stick with R-12 because the problems of converting in
many situations will make the A/C less efficient and more prone to leak
Freon.

Freon should be recovered from your car(unless it has leaked out) and you
can reuse it to offset the total cost of the recharge of R-12.

Rod...

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:56:31 -0400
From: Chris Fowler <chrisf@domain.elided>
Subject: <E30> R134 conversion
Help anyone,
My 87 325es compress or is bad and I need to replace it.  When talking about
this to my technician he stated that he could not replace the compressor to
work with R12 because it was illegal to do that in 2000.  He must convert it
and this wasgoing to cost over $2,000 to do.  Is this  a correct figure?  I
have decided to purchase a remanufactured compressor from BMW recycling and
then converting it myslef.  I assume this will cost me around $500 to do.
It seems like the compressor is easy to get to and not so hard to do the
conversion.  Why do technicians charge so much to do this job?  Has anyone
had luck doing the conversion theirselves?
Thanks,
Chris
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Rodney Moore
BMW CCA #86830
Golden Gate Chapter
m6bigdog@domain.elided

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