Date:         Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:22:57 -0400
Reply-To:     pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head
              Gasket Repair
Comments: To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com>
In-Reply-To:  <775381E6-F456-4442-A823-17C6D27B40DF@mac.com>
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On a vanagon, you would pour into the coolant tank inside the engine
compartment (Not the expansion tank, but the one connected to it with the
pressurized cap and the coolant level sensor).

To flush the system, you can stick a garden hose into one of the coolant
hoses, put a rag around the hose to cut down and back flow, and send water
through the system until it comes out the other end clean.  Don't send too
much pressure, and make sure there's no gunk in your garden hose.  Maybe
someone else will chime in on which hoses it is best to do this with.

Don't skip the flushing.  There's a lot of antifreeze hidden in the vanagon
system, I think the bar's leak stuff will gel up if you don't get it out.

-Wes

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com>wrote:

> Hey Matt,
>
> Just wondering what the process for the installation of the bars leak
> stuff was?
>
> I just bought their head gasket leak repair and it says to pour it
> into the radiator and not the coolant tank?
>
> What did you do? Does anyone know this should be done with our Vans?
>
> It also suggested a flush using a T coolant attachment, did you you do
> this? Where did you connect the hose with the T system?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> NYC
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Matt Sutton wrote:
>
>  Hi All,
>>
>> Perhaps just anecdotal evidence, but my experience matches Ken W.'s
>> (actually, I think it was he who recommended Bars Leaks to me in the
>> first
>> place). Heads had been done at 70k by the PO, and I had a little
>> seepage at
>> 160k. I used the liquid Bars Leaks, about 3/4 the recommended dose for
>> caution's sake, and have been dry ever since (now at 225k). No
>> radiator/
>> heater core problems came up. Also, just replaced the large driver's
>> side
>> water pipe in the engine bay this weekend, and the interior was
>> pristine
>> (except where rust had eaten through from the outside).
>> All this with regular prestone, for what it's worth.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Matt Sutton
>> 88 Gl
>> Brooklyn NY
>>
>