Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:40:46 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head
Gasket Repair
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Scott,
Which Bars Leak Product do you use?
I picked the up the "Head Gasket Repair" for $10 and it said to drain
the coolant out first.
Then they have another product which is 3 times as much for $28
dollars that you add to the coolant and that is called "Head Gasket Fix"
Which product are we talking about or does it really matter?
Should I go get a professional coolant flush done? I had one done
about a year and a half ago.
Robert
NY
On Sep 1, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> Robert, just put it in the pressure bottle.............the one
> that's not by
> the license plate, and them immediately give the van a good run.
> Like a 30 minute drive to get it fully warmed up and fluid well
> circulated.
> I'd suggest operating both heaters at about half on too during that
> process.
> I'm a very big believer in Bars Leak,
> it's the only stop leak I'll use, and it can only do so much anyway.
>
> if you saw what most ( they're a joke anyway, actually ) waterboxer
> head
> gaskets look like after 10+ years of use........you'd see that not
> much is
> going to help them except a full re-do.
> Waterboxer engines should just have their heads pulled every 75 to
> 80,000
> miles, a nice valve job on the valves, and new head gaskets- like on a
> regular basis.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak
> Head Gasket
> Repair
>
>
>> 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
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