{"id":1922,"date":"2025-04-16T05:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3423e05d35.nxcli.io\/uk\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:19:08","slug":"what-type-of-refrigerant-does-my-car-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acprocold.com\/uk\/help-and-advice\/what-type-of-refrigerant-does-my-car-need\/","title":{"rendered":"What type of refrigerant does my car need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s vehicles use two different kinds of refrigerant to keep you cool in the cabin. What is the difference between them, and which does your car, truck, or SUV use?<\/p>\n<p>The first type is R-134a, which replaced the refrigerant commonly known as \u201cfreon.\u201d The other is R-1234yf, which is an even more environmentally friendly refrigerant than R-134a.<\/p>\n<p>Finding out which refrigerant your vehicle uses is easy with the help of A\/C Pro\u00ae. The first place to look for this information is under the hood. Pop the hood and look for a label, which is usually white or bright yellow. On this it will either say \u201cR-134a\u201d or \u201cR-1234yf,\u201d and it may even say what the capacity is. However, not all cars have this label. If you have any questions about which refrigerant your vehicle uses, A\/C Pro\u00ae has other tools to help you determine which refrigerant you need to recharge your car\u2019s A\/C.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, A\/C Pro\u00ae has a helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/acprocold.com\/refrigerant-lubricant-specifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spec Database<\/a> that helps you understand what refrigerant to look for when preparing to recharge your vehicle\u2019s air conditioning system. By entering your vehicle\u2019s make, model, year, and, in some cases, engine, the database will give you accurate information regarding your vehicle\u2019s A\/C.<\/p>\n<p>So now that you\u2019ve got the knowledge about which refrigerant your vehicle takes and selected the correct A\/C Pro\u00ae product, how can you be sure? A\/C Pro\u00ae has a fail-safe system to verify that you are adding the correct refrigerant to your vehicle. The quick-couplers on the end of the hoses attached to our gauges will only allow R-134a to be added to vehicles that use R-134a, and R-1234yf to vehicles that use R-1234yf.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether your car\u2019s A\/C system uses R-134a or R-1234yf to keep you cold when you turn on the air conditioning, A\/C Pro\u00ae has the tools you need to restore cold air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to recharge your car with A\/C Pro\u00ae and how to use an analog gauge. 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