Matt O.

Hey everyone...
Cool boards I guess.

Anyway, is $80 too much for 2 parts of FREON? Had the AC recharged and that's what I was charged. That and $80 labor to fix my cruise control and AC.

-Matt [img]null[/img]

Tabor

That sounds right. It is illegal to manufacture now, so it is spendy (there is only so much left).

-Tabor

Tabor

Check out this link to Griffiths.

Not only do they sell Porsche AC parts, they have a great help section.

fletch.

Freon R12 is illegal to manufacture in the US. I think it's been since 1995 that all appliances and A/C systems have to use R134A or other alternative.

It's hard to believe the entire contry is living off whatever was made prior to the cut off. I think it must be coming in under the radar.

Fletch

Tabor

I don't thinks so. It was $1.50/lb in 1980. It is now $40.00/lb. It's just like high capacity handgun magazines. When the manufacturers heard that they were becoming illegal, they made a WHOLE LOT. You can still get new old stock high-cap mags.

TomH

Porsche dealer just charged me $240 for 2 cans freon and labor to test for leak and charge, so its sounds like you got a good deal

Bob Price

My grandmother needed her Buick recharged, and when I told her I was driving through Mexico, she asked me to smuggle a can of freon back for her! I told her No, grandma, let's just pay the $40/lb and not get detained at the border. Probably a more serious offense than smuggling hash...

Matt O.

Thanks fellas.

-Matt

booster

I changed mine to 134a over a year ago,
my AC works great and you can buy it at Wal-F*rt.

Greg Hammond

R134a is the only "really" cost effective way to fix your problem. You can convert your car to R134a fairly inexpensively, and then when it leaks you can re-charge it with ozone friendly refills that cost $7 a pop.

Greg

K. Wells

What all do you have to do to convert?