just a quick truck question

whirlwind · 08-23-2006, 01:23 AM

i have a 2001 dodge halfton and i was wondering ...if my A/C gets low on freon,does it take the new kind or would i have to get my A/C converted? i dont remember the date when they changed the requirement for the new freon

lefty o · 08-23-2006, 08:37 AM

the changeover occurred long before your truck was built. no need for any type of conversion.

whirlwind · 08-23-2006, 11:27 PM

thanks lefty!

Gio · 08-24-2006, 08:21 PM

I think my dakota is running out of freon actually.

Oxford · 08-24-2006, 08:52 PM

I began thinking my Ford SUV wasn't cooling me off quickly enough on 103 deg F days and high humidity (ha).

So...I took it to a mechanic whose advice was that since my SUV was manufactured in 1996, and that the Freon changeover requirements by EPA occured around 1993 or '94, that it would cost me a bundle (around $225+/-) to have the old freon (R-7) pumped out according to EPA's rules and to install new seals and to recharge it with R-23 (I think that's the new legal freon).

Needless to say, when temperatures outside dropped a few degrees, my AC seemed to be working just fine.

Triplesixkoe · 08-24-2006, 09:05 PM

If you don't want to spend the money at a shop and have some extra time on your hands...you can recharge it yourself with a kit you can buy at your auto store.

Troy · 08-25-2006, 12:58 AM

the new freon (R134A?) is a lot cheaper to buy and as Triplesixkoe said can be done at home easily enough. you can do this if you dont have a large leak. i put one of the cans in every second year or so. at $15 a can this is an expence i can handle to keep me cool.

note, the kits that you can buy for the new freon also contain a leak sealer that can remedy the small leaks.

08-23-2006, 01:23 AM	#1
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,728 Trader Rating: (0)	just a quick truck question i have a 2001 dodge halfton and i was wondering ...if my A/C gets low on freon,does it take the new kind or would i have to get my A/C converted? i dont remember the date when they changed the requirement for the new freon __________________ De oppresso liber !

08-23-2006, 11:27 PM	#3
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,728 Trader Rating: (0)	thanks lefty! __________________ De oppresso liber !

08-24-2006, 08:21 PM	#4
Gio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 803 Trader Rating: (0)	I think my dakota is running out of freon actually. __________________ Blow you up.

08-24-2006, 08:52 PM	#5
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 12,948 Trader Rating: (0)	I began thinking my Ford SUV wasn't cooling me off quickly enough on 103 deg F days and high humidity (ha). So...I took it to a mechanic whose advice was that since my SUV was manufactured in 1996, and that the Freon changeover requirements by EPA occured around 1993 or '94, that it would cost me a bundle (around $225+/-) to have the old freon (R-7) pumped out according to EPA's rules and to install new seals and to recharge it with R-23 (I think that's the new legal freon). Needless to say, when temperatures outside dropped a few degrees, my AC seemed to be working just fine. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

08-25-2006, 12:58 AM	#7
Troy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manitoba Canada Posts: 2,499 Trader Rating: (0)	the new freon (R134A?) is a lot cheaper to buy and as Triplesixkoe said can be done at home easily enough. you can do this if you dont have a large leak. i put one of the cans in every second year or so. at $15 a can this is an expence i can handle to keep me cool. note, the kits that you can buy for the new freon also contain a leak sealer that can remedy the small leaks. Last edited by Troy; 08-25-2006 at 01:02 AM.

08-23-2006, 08:37 AM	#2
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,672 Trader Rating: (0)	the changeover occurred long before your truck was built. no need for any type of conversion.

08-24-2006, 09:05 PM	#6
Triplesixkoe Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Posts: 127 Trader Rating: (0)	If you don't want to spend the money at a shop and have some extra time on your hands...you can recharge it yourself with a kit you can buy at your auto store.