10-17-2021, 01:31 PM | #1 |
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K-seal in the engine?
I put a bottle in earlier this year and it stopped a problem with the gasket then. Problem has reared its head again.
Should I put more in the engine? The only reason I don't tear the head gasket off now is that the car is my daily and I need to find a good time to pull everything apart. How long can I go with this, do you guys think?
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10-17-2021, 02:33 PM | #2 |
Afraid you're delaying the inevitable. Better to down it and fix it right than risk further damage !
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10-18-2021, 12:23 PM | #3 |
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I would do anything you can to tear it down now. I don't know how k-seal is but I once saw a motor treated too many times with bar's leaks. It was nasty inside.
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10-18-2021, 03:22 PM | #4 |
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Just my .02, I wouldn't put ANY of that crap in my engine!! Fix the problem before you end up with a bigger and costlier problem..
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10-18-2021, 03:31 PM | #5 |
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If you get all the tools and parts together you can do this job in a day easy.
I would just knock it out as soon as you can.
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10-18-2021, 05:36 PM | #6 |
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Talked to a friend of mine, works on LS motors like it's his job.
Telling me the same thing you guys are, I'll go ahead and slap some new gaskets in, thanks guys
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10-18-2021, 11:25 PM | #7 |
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Throw some J-B weld in it. It’ll go straight to the leak and seal it.
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10-19-2021, 08:45 AM | #8 |
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Watch it!! Some knuckle head out there just might try that!!! And you know they are out there too....
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10-20-2021, 12:23 AM | #9 |
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And they’d deserve everything that comes their way on a silver platter!
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10-20-2021, 07:11 AM | #10 |
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Is that why I’m running 240 all the time and my heater don’t work? Bright side is no leaks anymore
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10-20-2021, 07:30 AM | #11 |
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Flex seal might work too haha. The commercial says you can turn a screen door into a boat lol.
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10-20-2021, 08:03 AM | #12 |
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lol, yeppers...
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10-20-2021, 08:04 AM | #13 |
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And the valves are stuck!!!
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10-20-2021, 08:05 AM | #14 |
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There ya go!! I forgot about that stuff!!! lol.
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