r134a with leak sealer

legalize420

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R134 with leak sealer

anyone ever use it? is it a good idea or bad idea to get it with the leak sealer? i know its a bad idea to use that stop leak stuff in your oil and coolant. what about this? i do have a small leak.

 

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explain what you mean, are you trying to put leak sealer in your refrigerant/ac system?

if so no, i wouldnt mix anything but just straight r134a refrigerant.

 

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so this stuff is no good? http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?categorycode=3571&mfrcode=IDN&mfrpartnumber=SD134

 

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bump

 

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I'd be very heistant to get anything with a leak sealer for the AC. Not knowing what the contents of the aforementioned leak sealer are, they could be a heavier weight oil than recommended by Ford, or some sort of solid floating around inside there, which I could just picture clogging up your evaporator. The seals are conditioned by the oil in your system, so to me, that's just a gimmic to charge more. You're probably better off adding some dye to your system to locate the leak, and repairing it. Just as long as it's a seal, it'd be an easy fix, and should be pretty cheap, too.

 

91LX_5L

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Im in school to be a HVAC tech and a leak sealer in refrigerant sounds retarded, if its leaking it will leak, most systems dont leak though, if they do they need replacing not patching, ever patch a AC system.

 

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According to the guy I talked to last week about the A/C in my Civic, you do not want to ever use any kind of "stop leak" on an A/C system.

I would stay away. Find where the problem is and fix it right.

 

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thanks, im going to get the stuff with the dye in it and try to find the leak.

 

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Don't waste your time with a dye test. Go to a shop that has an electronic leak test. I couldn't find my leaks with dye after two tries. With the electronic test they found two leaks in five minutes. Cost me about $35 for the test and all I needed was a o-ring. In addition, don't use a leak sealer, but r134a with lubricant which can help the seals depending on severity and where they are at.

 

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just delete the ac and be worried no more. seriously, i also wouldn't use the leak sealer. it probably is something stupid like an o ring.

 

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Wait a minute, I thought our A/C systems were the old frion type? Is that not the case?

 

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CManT1914 said:

Wait a minute, I thought our A/C systems were the old frion type? Is that not the case?

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our cars use r134a, not r12.