Black Diamond

So i went to pepboys and bought the little 25$ Castrol Recharge kit..The only thing that it dosnt state it which one to connect it to..On my 94 civic coupe there are the two blue caps up at the top (front) of the engine bay..Which one do i connect it to..Im just asking cause i dont want to blow myself up..lol

Thanks, NICK

98civdx

connect to low port, ill go check my car and see which one, im sure it would the same for you?

98civdx

on my car the low port is the one closet to the exhuast mani ,the one with the thick looking cover over it.

estes0122

hey before you go do that you might want to rethink that i work at a shop we call those suicide cans due to them putting foreign materials into your ac system that many (most) shops wont evacuate out of your system and plus you will most likely overcharge your system thus making the efficiency of your ac system suffer massively believe me i know what i am talking about but its your car

98civdx

I charged mine by myself and it works great??

estes0122

usually what happens is that on a older civic say 98 the system very slowly and naturally loses charge due to the seels being somewhat pourous but i just recharged mine and its a 96 and it was not very low and if i were to put a full can of R134A into my system i would have overcharged my system if the problem is that he doesnt want to spend money the last thing to do is to use a suicide can your best bet is to go to a automotive school or community college that teaches auto and they cant charge for labor only materials

Black Diamond

I have heard good things about it..worst things come to worse i will take it out!

But its the thick one that is closer to the bumper..Thanks for the help bro i could of just tried it but its better to ask then do it and screw it up and then ask for help..

Thanks, NICK

Black Diamond

I cant over fill it..it has a guage on the hose from the can..a monkey with no thumbs couldnt screw that up..like i said worst comes to worse i take the AC out.

But thanks for your input..

98civdx

Hmm, so it's opposite from 92-95 and 96-00 i guess?

Jdm=Ep3

Yep this is troof. They actually put propane in them in some cases. Then the only way to get your system legitly refilled will be close to 300 dollars. just to ship contaminated refrigerant alone is 70$ a pound..at least up here in norcal.

smokey.23

connect it to the low side, its the one that sits lower closest to the valve cover should have a L on it

Black Diamond

Ok so..there is a little one that has pronounced lines/groves on it that is lower and closer to the valve cover, and then there is the Big one that is closer to the bumper side and dosnt have any groves in it..I need to know im trying to do this tmmrow.

Thanks, NICK

98civdx

On my car the lower side is the one clostest to valve cover.

In your picture it would be the one on the RIGHT.

Black Diamond

Cool thanks guys!!

blown_ss

it will only hook up to one. the low side is smaller then the high side so the recharge kit will only connect to the low side. its not that hard just make sure that your compressor is working before you try to charge it. compressors have a low pressure switch that is triggered when the system is low and the compressor wont turn on. if the compressor doesnt turn on then you need to either have someone pull a vaccum on it or you can find the low pressure switch and just the circuit so that it thinks the system is ok and the compressor turns on so that you can charge your system.

newtron63h

they are different sizes(should be anyways, if not then its wrong), the fitting will only fit on one of them. there are instructions that tell you which to hook to.