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I got an r-134a refill kit - and looking under the hood there are 2 valves that look likely to be where I would hook it up to refill the system - one on the drivers side of the car in the hose that runs over the radiator, and one that sticks up behind the passenger side headlight. Which one is the correct one? I have the Chilton manual - which sucks and just says "don't refill the system yourself" (to paraphrase)... and I did a search and found a "how to" but it didn't clearly state which valve to hook up to.
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Behind the passenger side headlight.
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The one directly against the radiator, next to the driver's side headlight, between the battery and the UIM.
Side note: don't do this unless you possess the skill to do so correctly, or the money to repair it, should anything go wronge.
WATCH YOUR EYES.. THIS STUFF WILL cause blindness.
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Jax... you are incredibly off... or mistaken... or both.
the low side is on the driver's side, as I stated.
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Thanks Ray. I appreciate the disclaimer too  Got it all filled with no issues - I discovered, after looking at it a bit closer that the quick connect on the refrigerant only fit on the one valve, the other is larger. I had originally just peeked under the hood to see where the valve might be without the bottle in my hand - didn't want to accidentally hook into the high pressure side. Thanks again!
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Originally posted by Ray:
Jax... you are incredibly off... or mistaken... or both.
the low side is on the driver's side, as I stated.
Ray
Whoa! My bad. Good job listening to Ray and not me.
Next time I'll actually go and look instead of trying to rely on memory.
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It happens... to everyone.
That's why we have 11,000 + members to rely on.. nobody is EVER "on the spot" to be right.
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from my experience, the refill hose fitting will only fit the low side connector...the size on the 2 are different
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Originally posted by 00SVTinVA:
from my experience, the refill hose fitting will only fit the low side connector...the size on the 2 are different
Ya... to prevent ya from hooking up to the high side like you could in the old R12 with the same size schrader valves.
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pay to get it done unless you absolutely know what youre doing
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