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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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What year did Chevy start using R34 freon in Corvettes? Did they use it in 1988?
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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What year did Chevy start using R34 freon in Corvettes? Did they use it in 1988?
They switched from R12 to R134A mid year in 1993.
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The Vette has always been a "Beta" car for GM, but unless you have a Test Mule, there wasn't any R134 (in any car) until '94. Your '88 uses R12. If you would like to know what's in it - and if you're not the original owner - get a Shop to tell you. People dump all sorts of nasty stuff in their cars hoping to make the a/c work again.
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I changed my 92 over to 134 about 8 years ago. got new accumulator and oil did a vacuum check and fillid with 134. Works great.
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I changed my 86 over to 134 refrigerant and one little trick is to change the pressure cycling switch by replacing it with a switch from a 94 vette which uses 134. This switch responds better to 134.
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