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Date:         Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:44:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: limping with leaking heads
In-Reply-To:  <b2ac7c9e0612311318q333b699er2d8cdfe21ae1e001@mail.gmail.com>
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Go to your nearest Subaru dealer parts department and request 2 bottles of their Cooling System Conditioner. Empty about a pint or so of coolant from your expansion tank (not the overflow tank) so that you can pour in one of the bottles (engine overnight cold). Run the engine for about 3 minutes but shut it off before the thermostat opens. Let it sit for several hours. I leave mine over night. Then drive it over the next week and see if there's any more leak. If so, repeat the procedure. That should do it. You may want to bleed the system a bit after this.

Good Luck,

Steven --- Mark Brush <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi all - > > Anyone have experience with pushing leaking head > gaskets to the limit? How > long can one expect to resonably drive with leaking > head gaskets? It's a > tiny drip in the summer (about a susan b. anthony in > size on the driveway > after two days), and a small puddle in the winter. > Can I keep adding > coolant until she goes? Any dangers in doing this > other than being stranded > somewhere? > > thanks for any insights. > > Mark B. > 1990 Westy >

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