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Subject:Re: Red tek r-134 question
From:Doyt W. Echelberger
Date:Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:37:19 -0400

Hello Adam......You will contaminate your R-134a so that no commercial air
conditioning man will be able to work with you. The contaminated
refrigerant would destroy his R-134a draw-down equipment. And he WILL test
what is in your system before working on it.

Doyt Echelberger

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At 10:07 AM 7/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>My 88 vanagon is currently charged with r-134.  It blows cold when it is 70
>or 80 degrees outside, but when it is 100 out like now here in SC, I might
>get the cabin down to 80-85 degrees.  Pressures are right on, no leaks.
>
>Now, I am considering removing some of my r-134 and poutting som red-tek
>in...................can someone please advise to what i could achieve by
>this?
>
>Adam P
>81  Westy "The Brick "
>70 Single Cab "Whitey"
>74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
>73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
>1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
>1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
>1974 412 "Goldmember"
>Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)

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