Anybody use this stuff Prestone Super Radiator Stop Leak ?
01-31-2005, 07:58 AM
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It will...
gum up your expansion tank.
potentially gum up your rad/heater-core
potentially solve a small leak.
I've used it in my 4kq's, as I couldn't be bothered to pull the heater-core when it started to leak. Worked on them, but to be honest I couldn't really care if it had caused harm.
I'd never go anywhere near my 90q with it...
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potentially gum up your rad/heater-core
potentially solve a small leak.
I've used it in my 4kq's, as I couldn't be bothered to pull the heater-core when it started to leak. Worked on them, but to be honest I couldn't really care if it had caused harm.
I'd never go anywhere near my 90q with it...
-Dave
01-31-2005, 07:59 AM
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I advise against any form or stop leak in the cooling system.
If used improperly it can be fatal to the entire cooling system of a vehicle. And ususally is only a temporary solution.
I put it in an Alfa Romeo I had once, the car was on its last leg, but I just needed to get threw a couple of months with it,(I was young and didnt realize how nice of a car I had) it stopped the leak, but after that the temperature of the engine was never the same, kept on running hot, and would overheat in dense urban traffic.
I put it in an Alfa Romeo I had once, the car was on its last leg, but I just needed to get threw a couple of months with it,(I was young and didnt realize how nice of a car I had) it stopped the leak, but after that the temperature of the engine was never the same, kept on running hot, and would overheat in dense urban traffic.
01-31-2005, 08:28 AM
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MacGuyver used eggs...
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...as stopleak in an army jeep that had bullet holes in it's rad. maybe that'll work too :P
...as stopleak in an army jeep that had bullet holes in it's rad. maybe that'll work too :P
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01-31-2005, 11:24 AM
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I'm now daily driving the 4kq.
But I was daily driving the 90q, with cage, for a good two years. This past year has been 50/50 4kq and 90q.
Once I finish the engine and tranny swap, it will be 90q again for most days.
Why do you ask?
-Dave
But I was daily driving the 90q, with cage, for a good two years. This past year has been 50/50 4kq and 90q.
Once I finish the engine and tranny swap, it will be 90q again for most days.
Why do you ask?
-Dave
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