Engine overheat help

I pity da fool that ever tries to rebuild an engine with this stuff already in it...scraping old gaskets sux enough the way it is without "superglue" as a booster!

 

If you were going to go that far it’d be much easier to just replace the head gasket in the first place. Maybe cheaper or easier now if it’s not a big money ride and if it works, it works. Head or block crack? Definitely worth it. I did it on my tractor because I wasn’t tearing the head off. That was like 5 years ago now. I still have no intention of replacing the head gasket.

 

I meant if you ended up trading it in to a dealer on one of those "push pull or drag" sales and they sold it to someone "as is" and then it had problems, then that someone with more time on their hands decided to try n fix it...

 

We actually used boiler leak stop on the 3.4 gm V6.

Yeah, I think that would be way worse than the complaints that you hear about using fix a flat or even slime from tire changers. Dad traded it on on a used 98 3.0 Vulcan V6 Taurus. Since they didn't disclose that there had to have been damage to the front bumper on the Taurus, he didn't feel the need to tell them about the engine sealer.

That Taurus had a 96-97 nose/bumper on it and a no accident record on it. It checked out fine, and when dad sold that Taurus, it had 350k on it and didn't need anything outside of normal service wear items. Well, aside from both of the passenger side doors when a large buck ran into it.

 

You meant the Obummer cash for clunkers sales units. Bad thing there is they disposed of a lot of collectibles nowadays with that.

 

Yup, prior to all that I had bought a $200 Tempo that needed a little bit of nothing and I put another 130k on it @ 40 MPG the whole way (5 speed) then still got $250 for it in scrap! Never do that again!

 

Nope and now they have the market so f’d up you might as well buy new vs used. At a Chevy dealer Friday that had a 17 duramax Denali crew cab with a plow. 78k on it. $52,000 is what they allowed for a trade, don’t know what they were selling for. Ummm nope. Wife says next year she’s buying me a new truck cause mines 10 years old I told her we don’t need another mortgage the house is almost paid off.

 

My dad is having trouble with his 02 ranger. After it warms up it is overflowing the reservoir with bubbles...pretty sure the head gasket is leaking exhaust into the coolant. I'm tempted to try this sealant but the trouble is the thermostat and housing are integrated...not sure if I can remove it and follow the procedure on the sealant.

 

Oil and coolant both look good....no milkshakes. The only leak I have is exhaust into coolant.... I think.

 

I think the pour in and leave it kind is for when you are losing coolant, not "gaining" compression...

 

That estimate might go up if you tell them or they find the goop in the motor….

 

So this Subaru came all the way from Boston?

 

Order now and have it tomorrow. This is what you want to use. Drive the truck for a few days to get by.

 

My experience with those "stop leak" products is they work best after a few drive cycles to work...this is likely the same I'm guessing