So....How can you tell if you have the explosive stuff in your car or Freon can,(or someplace/somebody is installing the explosive stuff) outside of having to wait for a explosion to happen. Claude 000570 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "davvet2" <davvet2@xxxx> wrote: > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx> wrote: > > Has anyone ever experienced Propane packed up in a Freon can or is > this > > the usual BS from the naysayers? > > > > Les > > Les, > > The fact that some people are selling R-12 in Mexico that is propane > or is mixed with propane is not BS! I am 400 miles from the Mexican > border, and see it happen all the time. It's gotten so bad that the > car dealership I worked for had to buy a $1500.00 refrigerant ID tool > to make sure that the cars traded in to us had R-12 in the system, > and not propane. I don't know if they are packaging the propane in R- > 12 cans; they could be selling it out of a tank there. This is a very > real and very serious problem! All it takes is a small leak in the > system, and a spark ---- and the car and driver are toast.