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How can you tell if your A/C has been retrofitted?

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Old 10-07-02, 03:51 PM
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Question How can you tell if your A/C has been retrofitted?

Are there any visible cues??
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The person that did the retrofit should have put a tag on the line near the fill/purge valves labled "134r" if not it probably hasn't been done. or at least it wasn't done by a professional AC Tech.
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They should have put a sticker on the underside of the hood. Also, the r134 system uses a larger valve system, so you can check to see whether the AC valves near the turbos have new valves screwed on top of the old ones.
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I am going to look. Thanks.
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Hmmmm...anyone have a picture? Or a diagram? Feel a bit lost.

I am looking but see only a mass of lines and hoses.
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Here ya go! See the black caps on the ports? There is a high and a low pressure line. The bigger line is always the low pressure. Retrofit 134A kits almost always use a "quick connect" type of connector where R-12 has the screw on style.

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