Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:20:45 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head
Gasket Repair
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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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