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Sprayed Refrigerent in Wrong Tube - PLEASE HELP
Hi,
I have a 1997 Buick Century Custom. The AC has stopped blowing out cold air so I went to buy a can of R-134a Refrigerant plus oil. When I opened up the hood of the car, the only cap I could find was a green cap which was near the brake fluid container. So I removed the green cap and sprayed the refrigerant plus oil into it. Halfway through this, I realized that there was a black cap over to the left. And the can of the refrigerant did mention that most cars have a black cap for the refrigerant. So I then went over to spray it in the black cap. Now I'm afraid that what I sprayed in the green cap could cause a problem. Could it be a fire hazard?? Any advice? Thanks |
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Re: Sprayed Refrigerent in Wrong Tube - PLEASE HELP
anyone?? - I'm afraid to drive my car cause I don't know if I caused a serious problem...
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Re: Sprayed Refrigerent in Wrong Tube - PLEASE HELP
sounds like you tried to charge into your evaporative canister (gas vapor) system- can't imagine any even went in- since the adapter would never fit on it-- so it should not be a problem- doe you ave any recently developed SES lites?
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Re: Sprayed Refrigerent in Wrong Tube - PLEASE HELP
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So you think it's safe for me to drive if I got a some of that refrigerant into the evap canister? |
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Re: Sprayed Refrigerent in Wrong Tube - PLEASE HELP
Go for it- I can't imagine anything would come of it.
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Automotive A/C Engineer with: '99 IH 4700 Toy Hauler (2) '95 GEO Prizms both maroon '99 GMC Yukon '95 Chev 3500, 454 Dually Crew Cab- 145k miles- Wife's Camel trailer puller. '94 Astro- 370k miles '94 Firebird Formula- 5.7L 180k miles- gone- '92 Chevy Lumina Van 3.8L 264k '86 GMC S-15 - 2.8L 154k '87 Buick Park Ave . 187k '86 Buick Park Ave 3.8L 199k miles- gone '77 Chevy Vega- 2.5L 175k miles gone but not forgotten '68 Camaro 396 4 spd RS/SS -72k miles- |
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