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Date:         Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:15:17 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: bad news from mechanic
Comments: To: Mark A Kippert <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM>
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At 04:57 PM 7/30/2010 Friday, Mark A Kippert wrote: >Just a note. I used the Bar's Leak Head Gasket Fix which was about >$30. You can pour it right in. They have another product called >Bar's Leak Head Gasket Repair for under $10 but it requires that you >flush and the cooling system first. Not something I wanted to do.

For next time, remember that our "head gaskets" bear no resemblance to conventional ones that hold combustion pressure. Ours just keep the coolant from falling out of the gap between the aquarium and the head -- they only carry cooling system pressure of ~13 psi.

Yours, David


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