Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:22:52 -0500
Reply-To: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Bars leaks
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I wonder what special properties ginger root has. There are, I would think,
many other products that would be less costly than ginger root.
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From: jon <jon@kenneke.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2007 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Bars leaks
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
'Twas me that looked up the MSDS. It is here:
http://www.barsproducts.com/MSDS.cfm
For the radiator stuff, the main ingredients are:
Turmeric 13-15%
Soda Ash 5-7
Almond Nut Shell 8-10
Ginger Rhizomes(!) 69-72
You could almost whip this up in your kitchen. I never thought to smell
it, but I'd expect it to have a pleasing ginger scent. ;)
This is for their "Golden Seal", which I think works best. Their other
radiator products are pepper and/or aluminum powder with some other stuff.
Jon
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, David Clarkson wrote:
> Okay, I'll confess. I had some slight seepage from my radiator and didn't
have the $200.00 to replace the radiator and $48.00 for factory coolant at
the time. I decided to try Bars leaks based on what I had seen/heard from
the list. I also am one who frowns upon a chemical solution to correct a
physical problem and have been hesitant to use anything like this as a fix.
I added two containers ($14.00 and found it at my local Kroger's mega
grocery store) and followed the directions. 1000 miles later I have had no
more seepage and no difference in the operating temperature. Someone on the
list recently went to the website and found that the ingredients are all
organic (I checked the website and couldn't find this info-MSDS maybe) and
that the primary ingredient was some derivative from apricots I think. I
used the heavy duty radiator stop leak and followed all of the instructions
and 10 miles, 30 minutes later the leak seems to have sealed. I have
replaced my rear heater core and I suspect that the front heater core will
need to be replaced very soon. Again this is an expense that's not in the
budget at the moment and a very labor intensive job. This a temporary fix
and I hope to replace the radiator and then the front heater core (along
with replacing the blower motor , renewing the foam on the vents/doors and
running new wiring for the headlight upgrade) in the next month or so before
warm weather gets here. Kudos to VW for putting a durable radiator and
heater cores in their vans that have lasted me over 230K with the proper
coolant and coolant replacement intervals. I think that a couple of
containers are worth keeping in your van for emergencies to get you home. It
would not be an acceptable substitute for leaking hoses or clamps or a
permanent fix for any rusted or corroded metal.
>
> David Clarkson
> 90 Westy (236k)
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mordo
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