Ok so how do I release that gas thats supposedly not supposed to be released into the environment?

Will it go straight up, or all over....and will it damage a car with brand new paint...
Is it just a gas that goes up....cuz that way i can do it at night...

Or is it like a liquid....?
Im so confused..
And whats the best way of doing this?

 

A few years back I replaced the cycle switch on my wifes accord. I knew the sytem was under pressure, so I thought if I just backed it out slowly, the refrigerant would seep out. Wrong. As soon as I broke the switch loose it blew off and refrigerant and OIL sprayed everywhere. Had to run it to the car wash immediately so the oil wouldn't ruin the paint. DO NOT DO THIS. There is a reason that shops have special equipment for removing refrigerant.

 

yea we should help the environment as much as possible. just go to a shop and have them do it. if that gets on your paint it will leave dis-colored spots. shops around here dont charge anything. its like returning oil to the store.

 

im sure AC pumps and lines get destroyed upon impact in accidents often. A store would charge upwards of 100 dollars to remove the gas and if your that worried about the gas in your ac while your 3" exhaust is pouring out fumes i dont understand.

 

When I removed my a/c, I called shops in the area to have the refrigerant removed. It would have cost ~50 bucks or so. The guy at the Goodyear service center I called said that it should be fine to release it into the environment as long as it wasn't R12. If you unbolt the hard lines and pull them out of the compressor, green crap will get all over the place. Wipe up all that stuff with a towel. That's what I did. I have no idea if the guy at Goodyear was telling the truth as far as harmlessness to the environment is concerned, so you might want to make a couple of calls yourself.

 

You can just unscrew the plug and it'll all drain out into the atmosphere - of course that's not the "correct" way but it won't damage anything.

The "correct" way would be to call a shop which can pull a vacuum on the system which pulls out all the oil and freon to a ~-30psi lock on the system.

 

i just undid mine and let it loose into the air....there is no way i would pay $50 dollars to have that done at a shop

 

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lol

if you feel that bad about letting your r34 into the environment LOL walk to work or catch a bus for the week or car pool LMFAO!!!!!

Oh and plant a tree!

J/K!


seriously though the correct way is to have a shop do it!