Thread: Hello..allow myself to introduce....myself..

Originally Posted by banarcus

Tis a shame I'm over east and you west otherwise I'd get you to do hychill on mine. Everyone here thinks it comes from a witches brew or something and will magically blow up your vehicle.

Yep...a lot of scaremongering re hydrocarbon refrigerants, fact is, its use has been around since the dawn of refrigeration, it's just the huge chemical companies managed to monopolise the market with their proprietary stuff, giving "incentives" to manufacturers and service companies, and instigating underhanded negative marketing campaigns against anything else.

If you look at the propellant on your deodorant can or most any other aerosol, you'll see it is propane, butane, isobutane, or any mix of those, or simply hydrocarbon (so all the same basically) and how many TONNES of that are released into the atmosphere on a daily basis?? Can't be that bad for the environment, hey?! The facts quite simply speak for themselves, all the naysayers are obviously ignorant of the true facts and are simply regurgitating rumours and old housewive tales

But hey, each to their own, I love Hychill, and everyone is free to use what they prefer

Yep agree with you totally. I'm going to have a go redoing the rangie plus one of our old split systems at home with the hychill stuff. Anyway welcome 😀

When he first recharged my system he used hychill and it didn't last long sadly. He did add some dye which meant i could see the seepage from my air-con hoses. When I replaced the hoses we went back to the RC134A

If my hoses had been in good shape Hychill may have been fine, as it is the air-con is icy when it needs to be.

Steve

Yep, all valid points gents.
I guess in older vehicles like ours, it would be a good idea to replace the flexible rubber hose sections prior to using Hychill. Pretty cheap to do as I detailed a few posts back...then the system should be good to go..obviously after checking for any leaks elsewhere. I like to leave it on the vac pump for 5 or 6 hours and then isolate it and leave it overnight to make sure it holds vacuum.

I've been running Hychill in my P38a for several months now, and apart from the bulged compressor suction hose I replaced (no doubt due to hydrocarbon refrigerants propensity to permeate old hoses as mentioned earlier by Steve) and she's been sweet.
But as you say Steve, R134a will of course also be perfectly fine, after all, the system was designed for it!

Totally missed your post. I'll give him a call after Christmas when work slows a bit. Cheers

Originally Posted by TheTree

barnacus,

Try Toms Pro Lube on 0413 955 955

He certainly does the lower hunter and he may well be able to help you

Steve

Timmy you said you use less hychill than r134a. How do you know how much to put in?


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Originally Posted by benji

Timmy you said you use less hychill than r134a. How do you know how much to put in?


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Hi Benji.
Hychill advise to use 30% of the R134a by weight, so for a P38 that's 375 grams, but from memory I put in a bit more, think it was just under 500g, and that's going off head and suction pressures as well as vent and evaporator temps.
I recently did a couple of mates cars, a Jackerpoo and a 100 series Toymota, just going off gauge pressures, and they're working great.
Hychill supply 300 & 450g cans (which you need an adapter for) and 4.5 & 9kg cylinders (but you have to pay a rather exorbitant deposit on the cylinder).
Over here the retailers are Bursons, Veale & a couple others I think.
Check out their website and wotnot, lots of info.

Crikey just realised I'm starting to sound like a pushy sales rep! Which of course I'm not, just sharing my experiences and hoping to help someone save a few Oxford Scholars.
Automotive a/c repairs aren't cheap nowadays, and because hydrocarbon gasses are naturally occurring, anyone can use them without licenses etc. But don't forget, you can't legally work on a system if it still has a fluorocarbon gas in it.

Cheers.

Welcome aboard. Where abouts in Perth are you located Tim? I'm Northern beaches in Mullaloo, although at present on holiday catching up with family on Bribie island then down to Melbourne on Friday to catch up with more family members. Our Tour of Duty