The new self sealing R134a cans and can taps.
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2021
- Here is what you will need to know in order to use the new self-sealing 134 cans to service the A/C systems on cars.
Boltigen Self Sealing R134A Can Tap
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Lichamp R134a Can Tap, Automotive R 134a Self Sealing Can Tap and Puncture AC Freon Can
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Orion Motor Tech AC R134A Adapter
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HOTECHE R22 R134a R410A Complete Manifold Gauge Set 4 Way Adapter Can Tap AC Refrigeration
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Boltigen Self Sealing R134A Can Tap
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Lichamp R134a Can Tap, Automotive R 134a Self Sealing Can Tap and Puncture AC Freon Can
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Orion Motor Tech AC R134A Adapter
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HOTECHE R22 R134a R410A Complete Manifold Gauge Set 4 Way Adapter Can Tap AC Refrigeration
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Great video, I have been struggling with the wrong valve all this time. Thanks
Been wondering why my gauges wouldn’t work didn’t even know they made a special can tap till now thanks
I had no idea a different tap was needed for these self sealing cans. Thank you for explaining this.
I cant believe it. I still had old cans mixed up with new cans i thought i was going nuts getting some to work. Thank you.
Thanks. This explains everything. Went to Napa to get a new piercing valve last week. Guy behind the counter never said a thing. Probably didn’t know
Good video, you really explained it clearly. I was using the old style piercing valve in the new type can and wondering why it wasn't working so well.
Excellent video, I wish others would not try to be something they're not and just get to the subject. Great, Thanks
737mechanic, In the past I had the same problem with the high side valve leaking, It caused problems when pulling a vacuum on the system, so I bought a set of valves like you have. They work great; Also I recently repaired a refrigerant leak on a Tacoma and was having a hard time getting my can tapper to work right, It was real slow. Thanks for your video, Ill be getting a new can tapper like yours.
Thank you for posting this.
I learned something today. Thx man!!
Thanks. Good help.
Wish I would have seen this video sooner. Bought the old style one and couldn’t get the refrigerant to flow. Ended up removing the washer and replacing it with an o- ring and was finally able to get the job done.
Thank you sir….very helpful and you cleared up my questions….
I have the old tap as well and had very little luck getting refrigerant in. I got a tiny by playing with it but it took way to long.
Topped off the a/c in my car few weeks back, worked fine, thought nothing of it. Just now charging my truck and scratching my head because it was hard getting it to charge, though it eventually did. Now I know. Went through the damn garbage and found the can I used a few weeks ago, sure enough, it's this new style. Nice of them to mention it on the can ... not! Now I'm trying to figure out with about 1/3 of a can of refrigerant, shit's almost $10 now!
I ordered one of these only it's aluminum just like yours with the knob on the side (Yours looks like brass?). The little post (pin) that presses down on the can valve is fixed and doesn't move when you turn the knob. You can just feel the tip of the pin with your finger sliding over it a little less than flush. Close the valve first before you tighten it on a can as the pin opens the can is open as you screw the adapter on. Mine leaked a little with the valve closed thru to the hose so I unscrewed the knob fitting. Inside there is an o-ring seal on the knob shaft and the end is a metal to metal needle valve (no rubber seal). I used a little thread sealer and put it back together then firmly tightened it a few times and now it's ok (don't over do it). It came with a 1/4" flare fitting (like for R12 and R22) installed on the top (which I have a ton of fittings, ball valves, 90s, etc.) and then an adapter for the 1/2" acme R134A thread. I think it will work ok. If the partial can just won't seal when done you can always put a 1/4" flare cap on top and leave it on till next time. Thanks for the video. I didn't see this adapter anywhere else.
Ty.. awesome
Thanks！
I just wasted a can of freon because my old tap wasn't fuctuning 😭😭😭😭😭
Thanks for the video dude.
I was trying to top off my ac in my truck and my old tap didn't function.
Those self sealing cans are actually worse than old piercing cans. I used one to top off my car ac then backed off handle on the adapter to supposedly "close" the valve on the can. I did use the correct adapter with flat stem (not piercing type). Now I removed the adapter and entire can content of R134a just exploded out into atmosphere through the "self sealing" valve. If it was piercing type, I would have simply left the adapter on closed the valve, saving unneeded extra green house gas going into atmosphere.
Im battling this same thing. The pin pushes too far down and breaks the self sealing valve. Apparently you can’t turn the knob the entire way or else it will break it? They should just make the stupid tap valve only screw down a certain amount so it doesn’t break anything.
Same experience, I lost a full can of r134a (same brand as in the video)
I just used a self sealing R-134 can today. The self-sealing didn't work. I unscrewed the can from the tap and refrigerant sprayed and poured out of it as I fumbled to screw out back on.
Maybe a got a defective can..
I have had the same thing happen.
I bought a set of two taps from Amazon, one for self sealing cans and one for the old style because I do still have a couple of the old style cans. They came with an adapter that is required to attach to my Pittsburgh gauge set from Harbor Freight. In addition, the adapter is threaded to accept a schrader valve. When attached to the old-style puncture type can, the valve with adapter and schrader valve will hold pressure. Unfortunately there is only one adapter, so while that one valve is attached to the non-self-sealing can, I could not use the other. So for me, it is either or, this then that, but not both, but what can I expect for $12?
some of them don't work at all and it takes forever to get the refrigerant out of the can, this brand you are using is not available at amazon, but i agree that brand is probably the best.
When charging the system if you put the can in a pan of hot water, you'll get almost all of the refrigerant out of the can, so it won't waste any.
I've lost about 5 cans of refrigerant due to this mess of connections. I bought the can adapter, it was trash. Plus the self sealing mechanism on the can didn't work and everything leaked out. It's so frustrating buying these cheap products that actually work against the intended problem (to save the environment). I guess I'll buy more cheap products until something works.
probably will be better to find one of those side piercing clamps i have seen in mexico
@@victormanx You're absolutely right. Later I bought one of those and I was impressed at how strong they are... good product.
@@HousesandCars All that is makes me fill better, I thought I was so stupid when I lost 1/2 can of R134a yesterday, now I learned that this self sealing freon can by Tech and the adapter are all trash.
The price of refrigerant at Walmart has gone up like crazy. March 2023 I just bought the 12oz can of SuperTech R-134a from Walmart at $9.98 a can down here in FL
I know. For years it was 4.88 a can and it has doubled in price in roughly a year or so.
Yep. Heard they were going to go up just like the old freon did so I bought a bunch there months ago for $8.88, now they're a buck more.
your upset at 10$? this didnt age well
You can still use the piercing type of can opener to release the refrigerant quickly. Just reduce the diameter from 2.58mm to 1.95mm and it will activate the self sealing valve and charge up your AC. You can also control the amount of refrigerant release with this mod. And you can still pierce old style refrigerant cans. No need to buy so many stuff.
What diameter are you talking about?
@@737mechanic The piercing pin's diameter. In my video you can see stepped diameter. The smaller diameter will not seal against the refrigerant's o ring but press against the shredder valve and release the refrigerant quickly. ua-cam.com/video/QFY5jKAQuvc/v-deo.html
@@vincentlee2460 Ok, I was looking at the measurement as going from 2.58in to 1.95in but it is going from 2.58mm to 1.95mm. Got it.
Did you grind the point flat? I seems that if the tip is too fat it blocks the flow, right? That is what you are getting at?.
Piercing type works with Walmart self.sealing type cans. I didn't even realize it was different
My piercing can tap doesn’t. I have to screw it in and out until I find the point that I get some flow but even then it isn’t full flow and I don’t have all day so I bought the self sealing tap in the video and I get full flow.
@@737mechanic mine is an old inter dynamics and the piercing tip extends really far. Might be why
I cant get self sealing cans in my country. Is there any way to seal the ordinary cans. I tried with glue but it always leaks out after one to two weeks
They not $4.88 any more bro. I just grabbed two cans from wally world and they now $5.56.
Can't find that valve on my local auto stores. I just knew they'd have an adapter to accommodate the pro gauges but naaw guess they didn't think of that yet.
i got some at $9 each
Those cans of R134A are $8.88 plus tax here in NC now.
Yup, for years they were 4.88 at Walmart and just this year they went up to 8.88. Welcome to the new world people voted in.
Good video. The ridiculous thing is that the SuperTech instructions on the self-sealing version say to leave the hose attached on a partially used can. What then is the point of the self-sealing valve?
It is probably the same instructions that they used on the older version cans.
The value in the can usually sticks open and you lose what's in the can anyway.
Hello everybody, I am learning about generations of freon/refrigerants. I asked a friend and mechanic for the total cost to put refrigerant in a 2017 Honda Civic Sedan and also in a 2002 Toyota Sienna, For the Civic the cost would be $420 and for the Sienna $220.00. The 2017 Civic AC don't use R234a, it is R1234yf (you fucked), which costs $48.00 per 12 OZ and it takes two cans.
I have a question, when a vacuum pump is used to prepare the guts of the AC system before adding freon/refrigerant, question: to where goes the freon already in the system, to be purged, to the atmosphere? If that is the case, EPA will soon come with something to tax or to fine the DIYs. Another and final: Since I am not sure how much freon was inject in the system, because the self sealing R234a can leaked whatever was left, I ask, How to measure the amount of R234a that was loaded? And finally, what a is the ideal pressure on Low (blue line) and High (red line), to consider a perfect job.
when do you crank the car
You can start it instantly but I usually wait until the first can is mostly empty.
Can it work on r600aSelf-Sealing
I don't think so but I am not 100 percent sure.
@@737mechanic ok
sadly Walmart has raised their prices to almost 9 bucks a can for that stuff. :(
I have noticed that. For years it was 4.88 and now it is like 8.88. Sad times we live in.
Walmart R134a $9.99 2023
Yup, it was $4.88 for years. I miss those days.
Your old connectors probably need new o-rings and some lube
was thinking that too. seal around the sight glass has seen a few better days
$8.88 a can today at Walmart 5/10/22
plus tax
For years it was 4.88 and now under Biden it has doubled in price and will probably go even higher.
I just bought a 20ft long x 5ft (diameter) culvert pipe. Paid $2,500. For the last 2-3 years it has been $3,800-$4,200
@@sweeptheleg6852 Glad to see one thing came down in price. To bad the necessities aren't like food and gas.
It's worldwide.
2024. $4.88. Nah. No more.
Stopped watching. You have A.D.D. GET TO THE POINT.
Thank you for the comment. We A.D.D guys need you to be more patient with us.