Date:         Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:32:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Bauer <Tom.Bauer@SUN.COM>
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From:         Tom Bauer <Tom.Bauer@SUN.COM>
Subject:      R134 conversion
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Hi All,

I had the AC on my 89 Westy converted from R12 to R134  four years ago.
Each year since the conversion, I have had to get a new re-manufactured
compressor installed due to the compressor leaking.  The place that did
the conversion  has done each replacement compressor for free (under
warranty) but tells me that the R134 conversion was a mistake.  They
tell me that they have 5 other customers with the same issue and that
the system was never a very good AC system and that converting makes it
even worse.

I see from the archives that other people have done the R134 conversion
with apparently better luck than I.  Has anyone got any ideas about what
could be going on here?  The repair place is very good and uses quality
re-manufactured  compressors, but they just keep leaking after about 1
years of use.

Thanks for your help.

-Tom Bauer