On Sun May-13-2012 07:11, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 12 May 12 08:04, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> How soon can I expect that stuff to contaminate the Benz's A/C
 RN>> system?  (-:

 RW>> As soon as you put it in the Benz's A/C system...how much and how
 RW>> long was the system vacuum held after putting it in?

 RN> I don't know the timing offhand, but we were there quite awhile.  I
 RN> think the evacuation process took longer than the insertion of the
 RN> Red Angel and R34a or maybe it just seemed that way to me.

 RW> The machine to R&R the 134a takes a bit of time to purge the
 RW> system. And it takes a bit more time to refill it than to purge it.
 RW> They measure the coolant in pounds, but sucking out 2lbs and
 RW> putting 2.5-3.0lbs back in takes longer.

I believe I lost track of the timing because we were talking much of the
time about Harleys and when to fix the Mark VIII to be sold.

 RN> No problem so far and it's been a little over a month now, unless I'm
 RN> mistaken about that.  After bowling Tuesday afternoon and when I got
 RN> into the car, the inside/outside temperature was 101F.  After
 RN> starting the engine and opening the sunroof, that temp dropped to the
 RN> high Eighties after driving a couple of miles.  I then closed the
 RN> sunroof.

 RW> Is it really that hot in NO these days?

Probably so, but please note I'm in Houma, which is about 55 miles WSW of N.O.


Regards,

Roger 
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