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Subject:Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
From:Mike S
Date:Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:41 -0400
At 03:28 PM 8/10/2010, Jeff Schwaia wrote...
>"270 liters of oily freon gas"...  You must have the optional
>super-duper,
>heavy duty A/C system!  ;-)

R-134a weighs ~4.25 kg/1000 liters at atmospheric pressure and room
temperature, so 270 liters is about 1.15 kg of freon. VW says the
Vanagon holds 1.35 kg of R134a, so really, he must have the
slightly-shrunken, light duty system.