[tech] radiator stop-leak (is it worth it)

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin Ridgley)]

I just saw a Mythbusters and a raw egg worked as well as stop leak.


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:47:08 -0500, Foxx (in a box)
<foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>   of course, the subject line asks the question. i tried a stop-leak a
> while ago (powdered form) but don't recall it helping a whole lot.
> perhaps i didnt follow the instructions properly (?) or maybe it just
> wasn't a quality product.
>   the second part, though, it that i'm not having a problem with my
> radiator, per se, by rather with the heater core. apparently it decided
> that it just could hold it any longer. the leak isn't too bad (yet) but
> this is the onset of winter. i was wondering if stop-leak would rememdy
> this problem also. i do place on replacing the core when the weather is
> better and can find the time. if i do attempt the stop-leak i would
> flush out my system after the new core was installed.
>   anyone have any positive experience with heater core pluggage and/or
> stop leak? thanx.
> 
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