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2. Remember that it violates Federal law to vent refrigerant into the atmosphere and not use an EPA-approved recovery machine. If you don't have such a machine, bring your vehicle to a local A/C repair shop that can recover the refrigerant for you, usually for a nominal fee, before working on the system yourself.

3. We neither use nor advocate the use of any alternative refrigerants or blends that are not EPA-approved or refrigerants containing sealer and other additives. This Forum follows US Snap policies.

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