I have working AC in my car, but i am going to be removing it.
How do i discharge or 'drain' the a/c system so i can take it out??

 

are u going to take the whole system out?? you will have to get under the dash if you want to do that....as for discharging ....once you take off one of the tubes leading to the ac compressor all the freon is just going to leak out like no other....thats what i did....

 

I dont think i will go as far as under the dash, i just need all the lines out from the engine bay. So i disconnect them from the passenger side firewall and the pump, and thats about it?

 

thats what i did...good enough fer me...i think i want to put it back now....since no more turbo kit and summer will be soon approaching....

 

is a dx AC system compatable at all with a b series?

 

Don't breath that **** in man its for u

 

i disconnect mine when i was in the garage.....and i had to run outside with the quickness until it was done blowin....

 

If you are going to remove it, take it to a place that deals with a/c. Should be around $20.

Save the environment

 

i should have done that b2...but im a dumbass tryin to do everything be themselves and messing everything up....

 

pff the ac coolent is good for the enviroment... just like open wastegates =P

 

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it sounds like a nice idea to save the environment, however i was told it was $50 when i checked around, so i said screw it. i just did it on my own and made sure not to breathe it. seriously, who is going to pay $50 to give someone their freon? do you realize that they re-use it? so you're paying them to take something from you and resell it. if it was that bad for the environment, it would be a law that it was free to drain wherever A/C systems are serviced, just like its free to recycle batteries anywhere that batteries are sold.

 

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it sounds like a nice idea to save the environment, however i was told it was $50 when i checked around, so i said screw it. i just did it on my own and made sure not to breathe it. seriously, who is going to pay $50 to give someone their freon? do you realize that they re-use it? so you're paying them to take something from you and resell it. if it was that bad for the environment, it would be a law that it was free to drain wherever A/C systems are serviced, just like its free to recycle batteries anywhere that batteries are sold.</TD></TR></TABLE>

half of you logic is correct, the part about reselling it and whatnot. in reality they should pay you to take it. R-12 is worth $30/lb. or more. The main problem is that over the years people have found ways to get around the high prices of freon by replacing it with other products, for example propane. If you come to my shop and I evacuate your system and it contains propane I have now contaminated my supply of freon that WAS worth $30/lb. Very few shops have the equipment to check the contents of the system for purity before recycling so they basically tell you to take a hike by making you pay for it. However it is very bad for the ozone layer. Its got lots of those annoying CFC's that destroy ozone molecules.