On Sun May-13-2012 07:11, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 12 May 12 08:04, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> How soon can I expect that stuff to contaminate the Benz's A/C   
    RN>> system?  (-:   
      
    RW>> As soon as you put it in the Benz's A/C system...how much and how   
    RW>> long was the system vacuum held after putting it in?   
      
    RN> I don't know the timing offhand, but we were there quite awhile.  I   
    RN> think the evacuation process took longer than the insertion of the   
    RN> Red Angel and R34a or maybe it just seemed that way to me.   
      
    RW> The machine to R&R the 134a takes a bit of time to purge the   
    RW> system. And it takes a bit more time to refill it than to purge it.   
    RW> They measure the coolant in pounds, but sucking out 2lbs and   
    RW> putting 2.5-3.0lbs back in takes longer.   
      
   I believe I lost track of the timing because we were talking much of the time   
   about Harleys and when to fix the Mark VIII to be sold.   
      
    RN> No problem so far and it's been a little over a month now, unless I'm   
    RN> mistaken about that.  After bowling Tuesday afternoon and when I got   
    RN> into the car, the inside/outside temperature was 101F.  After   
    RN> starting the engine and opening the sunroof, that temp dropped to the   
    RN> high Eighties after driving a couple of miles.  I then closed the   
    RN> sunroof.   
      
    RW> Is it really that hot in NO these days?   
      
   Probably so, but please note I'm in Houma, which is about 55 miles WSW of N.O.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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