I put the Prestone leak sealer/pump lubricator/magic potion stuf fin last night. I'll test it tonite (showing my girlfriend how to drive it - Prozac anyone !). As for the compressed air test. It was tried and didn't work - or rather it didn't leak into the coolant. Someone on the list stated that sometimes these leaks only manifest thmselves when the engine is under load (like doing 65 with a headwind). -----Original Message----- From: dgibbons@presray.com [mailto:dgibbons@presray.com] Sent: 19 mai, 1998 15:20 To: Felix.Martel@cum.qc.ca Subject: Re:RE: Air in my coolant - part deux
I have used a coolant leak sealer, Prestone, It will work somewhat permenently. You can check about a leak from a combustion chambers by moving a cylinder to TDC (About) and then using compressed air to pressureize the chamber. If bubles or air starts to appear in the coolant lines you will know which cylinder is bad and maybe where the leak is if it is external. |
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