Customer Reviews

Cliplight Manufacturing 946KIT Super Seal Pro A/C Leak Repair Kit

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I bought an old Mercedes 124 to restore with my sons. i found that the car had an evaporator leak. These cars seem to be built around the evaporator and to replace it involves disassembly of the front of the car. The lowest quote I had was $4,000.00 to replace the evaporator and recharge the system. I figured i would try this stuff first. I followed the directions and almost 1 year later the AC still blows ice cold!

My 1994 Explorer had completely non-functional air conditioning. I replaced a rusted out line and blocked orifice tube, and the accumulator/drier. However, when I charged the system, it leaked down within 24 hours. I could hear a hissing, but was unable to find the leak. Three cans of ultraviolet dye later, I was still completely unable to figure out just where the leak was. Not knowing what part to replace, I had almost given up on fixing the A/C in my truck, and figured I'd give this Cliplight sealant a try - after spending so much on parts and cans of refrigerant, what did I have to lose? Even though my system was leaking down faster than what the Cliplight documentation said it could fix, I thought I'd give it a try anyway.

When it arrived, I was unimpressed. How could this tiny little can of sealant possibly fix my system? I evacuated recharged my system once more and followed the very precise and detailed instructions that came with the Cliplight kit.

An hour later, my leak was gone, and the system was holding pressure. It has been three weeks since I used the Cliplight sealant, and my truck's A/C has held its pressure perfectly, and the A/C is blowing ice cold. I never would have expected this product to work, but it does - amazingly well! I can't recommend it highly enough.

You need to have some clue as to what you are doing - this is not a typical "DIY" product. You should have proper manifold gauges and vacuum pump equipment. But if your car's A/C is leaking and failing within a few days of being recharged, this is the product for you.

June 2008 update: Over a year later, my A/C is still working perfectly! This product is amazing!

Like many owners of older vehicles that have converted to R-134 refrigerant, I found that the smaller molecule is harder to contain in an aging system. My freon recharges were lasting only 6-7 weeks, and the solution proposed by repair experts would have cost way more than my '92 Sable is worth. My seasoned Pep Boys shop manager was dubious about the chances of success for this product, having already seen the failed results of many different sealants. At the same time, he was glad to take my money to vacuum-pump my system for well over an hour in order to evacuate all the moisture -- this is critically important.
Now I did not follow Cliplight's advice and replace the accumulator because my seasoned Pep Boys shop manager opined that boiling out all the moisture should be enough. (Not to mention that replacing the accumulator would have been an additional $175.) After recharging with R-134 and the Super Seal Pro, I added a step that wasn't included in the instructions: I ran the A/C for five minutes every hour for the next twelve hours. That was in July 2008, and as of this writing in May 2009 my A/C still works fine. And I'm not the most diligent about running the A/C regularly through the winter months to prevent freon leakage.
I hope anyone else who uses this great product has as much success.

Cliplight Manufacturing 946KIT Super Seal Pro A/C Leak Repair KitI've had problems for a couple of years with my auto air conditioner (a 2000 Chrysler product) and believed the main problem to be with a leak in the dryer, which is a real pain in the a.. to change on my particular car. After using a couple of cheaper brands of sealants and recharging the refrigerant 2 or 3 times in the past to no avail, I decided to buy and try the Super Seal. I followed the detailed directions to the letter; and the air conditioner worked ok for about 1 1/2 weeks but then went kaput again. The previous attempts at sealing the system may have interfered with the efficacy of this product. My neighbor, who is a certified HVAC technician, told me has had good luck with this company's products in other refrigeration applications. In my opinion, it's worth spending the money on a can of this stuff and trying it before spending "big money" to get your auto air repaired.

My 1998 Mercedes E300 Diesel was loosing freon at the rate of needing freon each 10days.
The leak was narrowed down to the evaporator and. would require much labor to remove dash and replace the evaporator.

Purchased Cliplight Super Seal Kit.

Followered the directions and the leak was sealed.

The repair was 6 weeks ago and still holding. Temperature promptly drops to 50 deg and really enjoyed during this 90 deg weather.

Smithburg Auto Sales
GmcLawrence. Owner

I must preface my review that I can not speak to the sealing effectiveness of this product as the compressor seized during the road test. The hose it comes with is crap, plain and simple. Its suposed to be a quick release and seal up but it didnt, instead after i disconnected it the hose sprayed a nasty sticky, oily foam. So even if the compressor had lived im not too sure about if the sealer would have even done the job. Lesson learned, always test the viability of the system before adding expesnsive additives.

I had given up all hope when I came across this product. When I recharged with it the first time, the coolness kind of went down in 2 weeks. I had a little left in the can so I used again (I know that's not recommended). Now its been 6 months and its 100 degrees here and my car is as cool as ever. Thumbs up!

My son bought an older car and we were chasing leaks everywhere. Used condenser installed and then the compressor had a leak where the casings join, not the end seal. Installed a new filter/dryer as required with the Super Seal and no leaks at all for about 3 weeks. Looks good, recommend. Comprehensive kit.

I have to admit I was skeptical.... I've tried many times over the years to use a product that claims to seal an A/C system only to have realized the next day, that it didn't do what it advertised. I took a gamble with this latest product. I brought my system down to just about 30mmHg as advised and left the vacuum pump on and running for an hour. I then turned off the pump and waited approx 30 minutes... there was no appreciable loss of vacuum, so I figured the leak was relatively small. I followed the directions in the package, and so far, it's been over a week... my a/c is still blowing cold air... I definitely recommend this product!!

Installed 3 weeks ago in car that had not had AC for 2 years. So far has stayed cool. I am pleased.

Detailed directions somewhat confusing. Should give overview of general theory before details. Otherwise someone could get confused and put the sealant before charging the system. That would probably be a disaster.