In a message dated 3/10/02 8:44:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, aerie@BLCLINKS.NET writes:
> I had a water seal leak at the right side head on my '87 vanagon pass. > van (stick) that persisted for some time. Hot or cold, running or not, I > was losing a couple of quarts every 2 or 3 days. No oil or water mixing, > compression O.K. in all 4 (180K mile on this one.) I can't afford at > this time to take this thing out of service for repair, so I reasoned > that if the motor was coming out anyway I couldn't make matters much > worse if the pepper screwed things up. So... I put about 2 tablespoons > of table pepper in with one of my coolant replenishments about a week > ago. Starting the following morning, the leak stopped, and I haven't had > to add another drop of coolant to this one since. Everything seems to > operate normally, no overheating, front and rear heat work fine, etc. > I'll post with progress reports or if anything changes. > > dont forget to add some salt, and maybe some horseradish too.. please... i think your "success" is just freak luck.. usually when the weather warms up a little heads stop leaking as much.. keep us posted on your condiment coolant leak creation.. chris |
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