Date:         Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:22:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: uh-oh
Comments: To: Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu>
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I'm coming down on the side of NOT using any of that "magic" leak
fixer.  I'm not facing a roadside emergency here so there's no need
to do anything hasty.  My feeling, if it can plug a leak it can plug
a radiator.  Maybe not a lot, but probably at least a little.  I know
some of you will have used it and had no problems, great.  But it's
just not the "right" way to fix it, for me.

And maybe it's already been done 10 times before, this is a 16 year
old van and I've only had it for a month.  Maybe the radiator is half
clogged with Bars-Leak already.

It's just a very small leak so I can live with it until I get more
pressing issues like my fuel tank dealt with.  I want to change the
coolant soon anyway so that's when I'll take care of that leaky head.

Allan


On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Wesley Pegden wrote:

> The right stuff is the powder that comes in the tube.  It says "golden
> seal" on the side.   (It is not the aluminum stuff.)
>
> Some people also use the Subaru coolant conditioner.  This you can get
> at any Subaru dealer for a buck or two.  Some of the Subaru's require
> that the conditioner be used for the warranty to stay valid.
>
> -Wes
>
> Allan Streib wrote:
>> On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:27 AM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>>
>>> Either treat it with Bars Leak, which is the ONLY stop leak I
>>> recommend, and I have never had it cause any problems ever.   Or
>>> take the head off and measure things
>>
>> Which Bars Leak product are you talking about?  They have a lot of
>> different ones?
>>
>> Allan
>>
>