Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:01:21 -0400
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
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Well, can't say anything about the head seeps -- others certainly know
better than I do. So far as the water pump -- a leaking water pump
means more than a leak. It means that the pump is ready to fail --
maybe catastrophically, and nobody knows when. A new water pump that
you put on now can be switched to the new engine. If you are paying for
the labor (sounds like you are), there will be that. If you are not
concerned about being stranded ......... . But Barr's leak will not
have any effect on whether the water pump fails or not (unless it might
hasten failure??).
Dave Mc
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM , B Feddish wrote:
> Soooo... Last winter I got in my van and started to drive, the heat
> took 15
> minutes to start going. That only meant 1 thing, there was not enough
> coolant. I've been very diligent over the years keeping an air free
> system
> and have enjoyed a temp gauge that never, even on hot days idling,
> went more
> than a hair past the led. After putting in about 2 cups of water and
> bleeding the system I was back to normal and the heat worked fine. A
> few
> weeks later the top coolant tank was a cup or two low. Figured I have
> a slow
> leak somewhere but since I planned to have the engine rebuilt I could
> just
> keep on top of the coolant. So all summer long I've been putting in a
> cup
> or so a week and I've actaully had to turn the heat on for the first
> time to
> cool off in traffic. The same day my van's brakes went out I had
> smelled
> hot coolant for the first time when I parked so I had the mechanic
> search
> for leaks after fixing my brakes. He found a weeping head gasket that
> stopped leaking when hot and a weeping water pump. OK, I plan on a
> late
> fall rebuild for the engine BUT my question is should I throw some
> Bars
> Leaks in there for my fall trips? I've got a 300 mile round trip to MD
> for
> Pony Pitch next weekend and a few short hops like "Buses by the
> Depot". The
> van is also a 2 day a week daily driver. Being that I'll probably only
> put
> another 1000 miles on before the rebuild I'm debating whether to do
> the stop
> leak or not.
>
>
> Bryan
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