I wrote my 460L Kelvinator all fridge off when I overcooked a Scandanavian flick in a time trial. Absolute carnage.
Was that the two door coupe?
I was like, "no way this can be true, Ima hambo this guy and prove him wrong!"
Asthma inhalers also use R134a as the propellant, the old ones used R12.
One door, think Messerschmitt three wheeler without the wheels.
I actually saw one of those in Manly a couple of weeks ago. Looked like fun.
A Scandinavian flick in one of those would definitely end in disaster.
At one point doing bench repairs I was using a few cans a day, every day. Hmmmm
Yikes. I reckon I dumped about 3-400 grams. It was the factory charge on a 15 year old car, it certainly lost a bit already over the years…
Warranty replacements used to be the worst part of the job - mainly for the apprentices, finding rattles, replacing steering wheel airbags, motors or even the Torque Converters. Dealership doesn't really make any money off them and they take up a hoist for a few days depending on the job which is money lost. We used to have one bay dedicated to warranty, as some parts needed to be sent ordered while the car was in the shop and then we could pull motor etc over a few days/ the learning was the good aspect as its not time sensitive.
Yep. Is so want to be wrong about that. No idea how its legal to keep selling it. The cans have 250g in them. Most car aircon R134A systems have a charge of between 500 and 750g. People absolutely loose their shit when someone vents their car aircon but I bet most people that use these cans have no idea what's in them. Madness.
Buy an old NA diesel car mate, problem solved. Fuel economy stays almost the same regardless of load and any notion of travelling at speeds above 90kph is just a wet dream unless going down a steep hill and you coast in neutral.
"Georgia overdrive"
I remember as a kid my old man used to refer to it as mexican overdrive, but thats probably not PC these days.
Truckers still try it occasionally. Not a good idea on automated-gearboxes. They typically select a low gear when you put them back in drive. I’ve seen a few windowed engine blocks from when drivers have forgotten that. Would love to see an RPM log!