Anyone tell me how much freon to use or how much it costs to get recharged? Had to get a new discharge line, rubbed in metal and made a whole.

 

I read somewhere that it holds 1.25 lbs of R134 refrigerant (not Freon).

I would recommend taking it to a shop that specializes in auto A/C work.

The entire system needs to be vacuumed out to remove any contaminants (water) and then charged using the HI/LO pressure gauges at operating temps.

We are lucky around here. A/C work is fairly cheap.

I had this work performed on my GMC a couple of years ago after I replaced the A/C compressor and it was only $30. plus refrigerant.


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id suggest you take it to a shop. they will need to vacuum the system and charge it, buying cans of R134 will not help if you don't have the gauges or the know how to read the gauges and know when the system is charged fully. A/C systems are highly dangerous if you don't know what you are doing and aren't properly trained, had a neighbor over fill his Honda and a line blew, lucky for him he ha just stepped away from the car. it did cost him a new pair of boxer, he scared the shit out of himself...

take it to a shop and it shouldn't cost more then $60

*edit* just seen your location, if your willing to drive to Macon I can recharge it for you, just pay the cost of Freon ($10)

 

Harbor freight has an inexpensive tool for evacuating your cooling system. It connects to an air compressor. Technically you are not supposed to do this if there is freon in your system because you have no way to legally capture it. Anyway, I did this on my former vehicle with success. I vacuumed with the harbor freight tool, then filled using coolant purchased at autozone that had a built in pressure gage.

 

I called a couple places and they said anywhere from 200 to 300 bucks I almost lost it. To vacuum and add the stuff

 

I'm in Augusta ga now

 

Your freon is already lost. Just get this $18 pump from harbor freight, then get a can or two of coolant including one with the pressure gage and do it yourself. I personally don't think you've got anything to lose. Maybe you can fix it for under $50.

 

not trying to be a jackass but... you do know that the A/C system contains Freon and not coolant? im sure you do, but I guess its one of my Mechanic pet peeves, kinda like calling a jeep a truck lol

 

that sucks could of saved you about $150. well ill tell you that $200-$300 is a rip off!!!! have you called your local jeep dealership and ask how much it would cost to recharge Freon?

 

I know many HVAC techs that call it coolant. Besides, Freon is a brand name, like calling Nitrous Oxide NOS.

Also, R12 isn't used in the JKs, R134a is. (Just putting this out there so nobody is mislead.)