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Old 08-29-2023, 09:09 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
Listening to the video again, they sold the A/C compressor to her for just shy of $900, told her the refrigerant was a special environmentally friendly refrigerant and that the technician had to be both EV and A/C certified and so cost more.
So not only was she ripped off (a 2.5X part markup over retail is CRAZY) she was lied to There is nothing special about R1234YF. Automakers in the USA started switching to it more than a decade ago and every new light duty vehicle in the USA was required to use R1234YF starting in 2021.

R1234YF is more environmentally friendly than R134A that it replaced but there is nothing special about today.

BTW, when did youtube take away the search feature inside a channel? I can't find this video among the hundreds that she has made. Did she have the repair done at a dealer or some fly by night little shop? How many quotes did she get before agreeing to pay $3,000 for a compressor replacement?
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