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Re: what's wrong with my cooling system?
Posted by Brett [Email] (more from Brett) on Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:33:39
In Reply to: Re: what's wrong with my cooling system?, RandyNJ, Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:30:11
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Thanks to all for your generous advice and helpful stories of similar experience especially RandyNJ. You helped me realize the problem is a leaky HG.
This is my only car and it's in nice shape otherwise, but I don't want to spend a lot or take it out of commission for more than 2 days.
Later this week, I am planning to try a can of HG repair stuff, sodium silicates, and see if that does the job. It should seal the heater core leak too. Instructions say to flush, add the stuff, run engine 20 to 30 minutes, flush, refill with coolant.
Some say the HG repair gunk can clog the radiator or cause other problems. To keep the stuff out of the radiator for the 20 to 30 minutes that I circulate the sealer, I am thinking of bypassing the radiator by inserting a pipe between the top radiator hose and the short hose going into the water pump. Does anyone have thoughts, advice or caution if try that?
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Posts in this Thread:
- what's wrong with my cooling system?, Brett, Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:14:51
- Re: what's wrong with my cooling system?, RandyNJ, Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:30:11
- Re: what's wrong with my cooling system?, Simon S, Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:00:52
- I'm guessing HG., Noel, Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:03:51
- apparently something serious.., derf, Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:24:05
- Re: cooling system, Senor Don, Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:12:17
- Coolant smell test, marvinstockman, Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:42:22
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