Comments on: Air Conditioning System (AC) – Accord 90-93

By: Peter S Moralles

Peter S Moralles — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:09:10 +0000

Could you let me know the type of refrigerant gas a 13 year old Honda Civic would normally carry. I am getting too may conflicting answers here and the dealers phone simply doesn’t answer – I am fed up.
I assume it is R 134 in replacement of the defunct R12 which I can easily buy in a can and top up and avoid the traffic, save time too..
The invoice for topping up is about 6 times the cost of the can and as I did air conditioning 40 years ago , I can easily handle the re-charging and save garage waiting time , usually a half day, if I am lucky. . I know most everything about ac systems and studied this informally and have had some reasonable practical experience.

By: spartanix

spartanix — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:03:29 +0000

If it’s a fuse then you should be able to check it easily within the fuse box located in the engine bay.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:39:14 +0000

We recently had the coolant recharged in our 90 honda accord during a routine oilchange. 2 days later, we had emtremely hot weather and car wasn’t starting immidiately…..would start after the car had sat for like 20 minutes after innitial not start. The mechanic put in a new main relay which fixed that problem, but the air conditioner does not blow cool air now. Could they have blown a fuse – and would that cause that to happen? Hate to bring it back in if it is something we can fix with a simple fuse. Thank you -