TSI Supercool 28399 HVAC Leak Stop Syringe with Application Hose, 2 fl. oz. (60 mL)

Long story short, this product is so much easier to inject using an HVAC dye injector. A nice metal one is available for $30 on Amazon. I have no idea why it doesn't ship with one or that the manufacturer doesn't recommend it. They really should! The syringe it comes with sits near the edge of structural failure and needs modifications to even work!Short story long, my uncle fixes people's HVAC on the side for cheap. He swears by this stuff as the first response to slow leaks. However, the directions/videos on how to use this product are a joke. They show technicians just injecting the stuff easily and quickly in 30 seconds. This is not going to happen if you use the syringe. The pressure inside an R410a system is near 150 PSI. For me to use the syringe, I had to first stop the plunger from bending by sticking pieces of extra plastic around it so it would not bend. I had to use a washer on the front to stop the caulk gun from destroying the syringe front. Then I needed an extra clamp to help close and hold the caulk gun handle. Even then, I could only inject about a hair's width worth every 5 minutes. If I clamped it and let it sit, the system would eventually pull some out of the syringe, and I could repeat this. Before I could get this to work, the check valves were both locked up. I had to extend the Schrader valve trigger on the front valve and poke out the rear check valve because the tubing had excessive pressure that had them locked up. This was extremely dangerous. When it release it sounded like a gunshot and sent the Allen wrench I poked it with flying out of sight. I nearly got a hydraulic injection wound from a stream of this blue stuff! Do not try this!Once I was able to get the blue stuff flowing again, the issue was that the syringe would always come loose because it only needs one turn to start leaking, so about 3/4 of the product ended up on the ground as I messed with it. I ordered another tube because they are only $20.I also ordered a metal HVAC dye injector for $32 off Amazon. It just opened it all the way, squirted the blue stuff in, closed it, and bled out the air until blue came out the tube end. I connected it and turned it a half turn every 10-15 seconds until it was empty. So much easier, no waste, and much safer! Please just spend the extra money to inject this, especially if it has a chance of working. $55 is much cheaper than $500 or $5000.

I waited a bit before I write this, this product requires recovering your refrigerant/ Freon before you insert it into the system. Even though it is hard to insert with negative pressure.After 24 hours the leak still there.

I read the instructions and the reviews and agree that it would be impossible to inject into a pressurized system. I tried it…and could not get it to flow. I then used my recovery machine to pump the Freon out of one of my shorter lines and send it to the ac unit collection tank. Once my line was at a vacuume, I tried to inject the fluid. It injected into a vacuume line but took a lot of effort to flow it. But got it done. Once I had the fluid in the line…I left the line closed off and turned my unit on in heat mode. As the unit ran, i slowly opened the line valves to put pressure back into the lines. Very slowly so I would not stall the ac motor. Once the line I injected was fully open, I ran the unit in heat mode for 15 minutes to circulate the fluid across 5 lines totaling 200 ft. Then I let it run in cooling mode for 30 minutes. After that..I rechecked my system using a leak gas analyzer and the very slow leak I had which prompted me to buy this product was gone. Don’t know how long the leak fix will last but at least I can get thru the summer with out having to dismantle, reflate, re nylock , retorque connections. Plan to put in it heat mode for a few minutes every day over the next week to make sure my reversing valve does not have problems. My advice is if you don’t have a recovery machine to move Freon out of one line , you should watch a few YouTube videos about how to pump down your system. Pump down lets you move Freon out of the lines and back into the ac unit. Pump down works well on systems with short to medium line lengths. I have 200 ft do pump down will not work for me. Also, don’t forget to reopen slowly the cakes you used to pump down your system.

Worked great, it was easy to inject.Just remove the center piece of the valve from the refrigerator and insert the hose from the syringe as quick as you can and it’ll go right through. When removed, install the center piece from the valve back on.

You have to close down the liquid line valve until there’s only 20-30 psi on the suction (low pressure) side. Then you have to push enough sealant out of the syringe so you can get it into a caulking gun. Then slowly and carefully inject the sealant into the low pressure side. Then you pray the leak isn’t too big for the sealant to work. I’m guessing it will probably seal a leak as bad as a pound of refrigerant every couple of weeks. Any more than that and you can forget it. I put this in a 4 ton R-410 system a couple weeks ago that was leaking a pound a month. I’m monitoring it now with my fingers crossed.Update- used this product about 6 times now and as expected it only worked on an incredibly slow leak.

Its near impossible to force this into your system when there is any pressure in it. Its best used when your system is very low before you recharge. Ideally you would evacuate the system and add this before re charging. You can try using a caulk gun like the instructions say but the cheap plastic syringe does not hold up and will blow out due to the cheap plastic threads. Just think about it. your trying to compress a syringe against a 100psi or so of pressure. Not gonna happen. Try another product; preferably one that is pressurized. It will be worth the extra money; you get what you pay for with this one. Crap

I have seen lot of comments for this product and the only thing i can say it does work for me. I had a leak on my ac coil and after injecting this product by following the instruction, now the leak is gone. I don't know how long it will hold but for now it is working fine. It is been working fine for the past week.