John, Barr's stop leak will likely stick to the innards of you cooling system... thus reducing cooling capacity permanently. Replace the water pump and get that stuff out of there asap. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lauterbach" <jhlauterbach@email.msn.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: Intermittent coolant leak
> I have an intermittent coolant leak in my '84 1.9L. It looks like it may be > coming from the water pump pulley or the thermostat housing. I cannot tell > for sure as the only thing that I can see now that I have the A/C compressor > installed is coolant dripping down over the oil filter. Last night I put in > some Bars Leak and more coolant after my van peed over the parking lot at > work. No leak overnight. This morning it peed again at work. I have had > it in the driveway for over three hours since coming home from work. No > leak. All hoses are new. > > Are there any short term fixes if I have a leak at the water pump pulley? > > John Lauterbach > Macon, GA > |
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