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Korean Police Warn 60,000 Cars May Contain Highly Explosive Chinese AC Fluid
Gus Lubin
Aug. 4, 2010, 9:42 PM
Here's another reason to hesitate before importing from the world's largest exporter: chloromethane.
Korean police believe 60,000 cars are running on Chinese AC fluid that contains the explosive chemical. As much as a lit cigarette could cause these cars to explode. Several people are under investigation for importing the product:
JoongAng Daily:
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency yesterday applied for an arrest warrant for the head of an importing company, surnamed Lee, 32, for bringing in the faulty auto refrigerant from China.
The police are also investigating 11 dealers who bought the refrigerant from Lee. The police believe Lee imported the cheap refrigerant because refrigerant prices doubled in price in Korea as the weather got hotter.
Lee sold 41 tons of the 50 tons brought in from China, which were 40 to 60 percent cheaper than legitimate brands, authorities believe.
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The Chinese don’t care much about quality, do they?
hahaha.
First you gotta have a leak though.
“Surname: Lee.” That really narrows it down.
And we’re supposed to believe that picture has anything to do with the story?
Quality has nothing to do with it. They are substituting a whole different kind of freon.
his first name may be Kim?
Just a guess /S
...well, that narrows it down. /sarc
sure. that’s the uber dangerous environmentally unfriendly mix:
BP gasoline in a toyota prius with chinese freon in the air conditioning.
Wikipedia
In 1997, a re-investigation of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in 1942 cited a chloromethane leak from a refrigerator as a major cause of that disaster.
It's absolutely bizarre.
But I'd go back in a heartbeat. Loved the place.
/johnny
I had an excellent engineer (A Southern Baptist of all things) named John Park work for me once...there’s a lot of Parks’ too.
There are almost 19 million Kims followed by about 4 millions Parks.
Actually, it is not the top priority. It continues to amaze me how many U.S. companies buying products in China don't realize this and buy without doing the required quality control.
They buy in China with the same expectations as they buy from a manufacturer in the U.S. Can't be done.
Try calling directory assistance in China and as for Mr. Yu. I really can't understand why they bother having directory assistance.
Hehe, a mix of propane and butane will freeze ya out a yer cars. That is in the old R12 systems. Don’t spread this around, if ya do, well you know what I’ll have to do.
Will they be allowed to park them at airports?
Somehow reminds me of Home Depot selling seconds at regular price in the beginning to get their foot in the door. And then there is ‘Made in Japan’ back in the 60s and 70s, China is government controlled at all levels and that reminds me of the movie ‘A Few Good Men.’
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