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Mk1 Air Con

By gribley
May 15, 2009 in LS 400 / Lexus LS 430 / Lexus LS 460 / Lexus 600h / Lexus 500h Club

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Posted May 15, 2009

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Posted May 15, 2009

I thought I would pass on this information concerning Mk1 LS400s

My 1990 ls400 wasnt anything like cold. The refrigerant gas is R12 which is now banned.

I read about getting a R134a retrofit but it seems that there are problems with this conversion, far from ideal. I then spoke to Air conditioning northwest 01925 762328. There is a "drop in" replacement for R12 called RS24, it uses the same lubricant, seals, everything.

Its just a case of pump out the old gas and in with the new. its a lot more expensive than R134a but the guy came to my workplace to do the job and my air-con is ice cold now. £65-00 I'm happy

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