De-gas Air Con...

[no_8wire]

How do you do it/how should you do it?

I know I could ring up and get it de-gassed by a professional but
1. I have no time as I need to get the engine out today.
2. I dont want to pay for it...
So where and how do I drain it from?

[summin]

In the piping there's a couple tyre type valve. Jam a stone in there and run.

[Bling]

I think its illegal to release the gas to atmosphere

just look for a plug or bolt u can undo tho I guess

EDIT: ah go with the above

[celica_tommo]

when we end up with a whole lot more ice bergs off the coast we'll know who to balme

[Infinite]

lol u can blame me 4x :/

[Caveman]

Just undo any fitting, going through the firewall, bolting onto the pump, etc

Its ok on cars with R134a to release into the atmosphere. Older cars with R2 is a nono to release to atm.

[Lloyd]

Its not alright for the atmosphere, its just not as bad as R12

[Caveman]

Its not alright for the atmosphere, its just not as bad as R12

r134a is a HFC refrigerent which has zero ozone deplention but a small green house effect. So yes its still harmful but no where near as bad as R2. Your pumping out more green house gas just using a tank of gas.

[thaphatty]

and it is EPICALLY bad to release that shit to the atmosphere, I remember hearing somewhere and i have no idea if its true or not, but if you drain the A/C system of a normal car you take out a few cubic kilometers of ozone

[escortman]

if u were doing it next week i could prbly have got the reclaim unit for it,i start my aircon/refridgeration apprenticship next monday


but yes it is illegal doesnt matter which gas it has and if your caught its something like a $500 fine

[no_8wire]

whoops I guess I better not do it huh?

[catchafox]

for every 1kg of r-12 released 1000kgs or ozone is destroyed. The clorine in the gas seperates the o3 molecules to 02 whics is just oxygen. Sure most cars have 500- 700 grams but thats still alot of skin cancer at the end of the day!! R-134a still create green house gasses and is in the processes of being fased out as soon as they can make a propper replacement.

[snwtoy]

Where has it gone if your a/c is no longer cold/working? I've released one myself, but it only pumped ambient temp air.

[no_8wire]

for every 1kg of r-12 released 1000kgs or ozone is destroyed. The clorine in the gas seperates the o3 molecules to 02 whics is just oxygen. Sure most cars have 500- 700 grams but thats still alot of skin cancer at the end of the day!! R-134a still create green house gasses and is in the processes of being fased out as soon as they can make a propper replacement.

meh...at the end of the day we all die anyway....so at least have some fun while your alive!

[RED TOP MR 2]

your so gona get busted!cops are busting down on the ozone layer!

[Bling]

LMAO!!!!!!!

[blk_gza]

are you able to unbolt the compressor from the engine, then pull the engine out? then you won't have to release the gas

[Alex B]

Indeed thats all i did on my car.

[SUBARUCONVERT]

R134A is safe to release, i mean the greenhouse gas effect is low, cows do more than R134A. But i set that ur car will be R12, in that case just unbolt the pump from the bracket, easy!

[Akane]

With summer coming, why would you want no aircon?