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A friend of mine works in a Honda dealership, and has offered me to refill my A/C system - which is full of hot air.

He asked me to check how much R134a I needed in my car, and the Haynes manual tells me between 24.5 and 27.5 ounces. However, the machine they have at his workplace is metric - of course, working on Hondas in Canada...

Is it a simple matter of converting ounces to grams in this case? (Which would give 694.5 to 779.6 grams). Or is there something else I should know before I get there??

Thanks!

From '97 service manual:

0.737 +/- 0.04kg (26 +/- 1.5oz)

You... you are simply the best!

Thanks!

the high pressure switch on my 96 contour gave out and the pressure build up to high and the high pressure side fill valve blew... bought a new one for $20.. replaced it and used two cans of R134 to fill it up....look on the R134 cans to see how much they hold( i am sure they have the metric equivalents)....
i just checked one of my old cans and it was 12 Oz.
= (340 g.) hope this helps...

Thanks for the tip... I went to the Honda dealership where my friend works, and after filling the system we had a major leak... So we had to empty the system...

He wanted to put 750 grams of R134a in it, but after 650 the system just wouldn't take it - maybe it was already leaking, but I don't think so..

Compressor works - the temperature at the vents was 9 degrees (Celsius) - 48 deg F.

I have an appointment tomorrow to have the condenser checked, the leak was very near the fittings... hope it won't cost too much!