More than one acquaintance of mine have plugged up their heater cores by using various brands of miracle-cure stop-leak products. Just remember that you will be cutting that hose off the next time you need to remove it. If you have a heater hose connection (onto a nipple with a clamp around it) on your car which is leaking and you can't seem to get it to seal properly, as a last resort try Permatex #2-sticky black goo. Properly correct the problem which is causing the leak. ![]() I concur with "opting out" on the stop-leak idea. SO, take this from someone who actually uses the stuff. The motor stills runs fine, heater still puts out heat (and my moring drive is often in the single digits). I had a minor leak around the water pump of my VW Fox fixed with Bars Leak. My suzuki maual even recomended adding Bars Leaks with every coolant change. Now, before some american car slamming nitwit slams in "Well that 's a US car, everyone knows they are junk!", different car ompanies from around the world use it, some don't even want to own up to it.Įven my water cooled suzuki 1200 street motorcyle came with Bars leak! That's right, a 16v precision made japanses built engine, came with bars leak.Go to your local Suzuki dealer and they will sell you "Suzuki Bar's Leak". It is also backed up by factory service manuals and even factory id numbers for the stuff.įor example, my Chevy has a factory number for it. That little tidbit is on the back of the bottle. ![]() So let's get passed the ignorant opinion of people who don't know what they are talking about.įact- Bars Leak is added at the FACTORY of most car companies! ![]() They really don't know squat about the product. It's easy for people to say don't use it. \"Bar\'s Leaks\" to stop slow coolant drip?
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