Tuomas Rantasalo > writes:

> Greetings, fellow humans.
> I'm in possession of one '92 Toyota Previa with A/C that needs filling
> badly. The thing is that it has been using refrigerant of the type
> "R13". And the a/c filling shops around here all claim never having
> heard of such. Their response is along the lines: "It's R12, not
> R13. There is no such thing as R13".
>
> However there is "R13" printed on the instrument panel, below the
> speedo, and I would be tempted to believe it is not just a practical
>
> joke on behalf of frustrated Toyota workers.
>
> So help me out here if you can. What kind of refrigerant (that is
> commonly available) I can safely ask my friendly a/c shop to fill the
> Previa up with?
>
>
> - t

Perhaps the last part of "R134a" has been lost?