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Old 03-12-2005, 09:45 PM   #4
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Exclamation Don't do it!!!

I personally would not run any radiator sealer on a bet in any of my cars. You have cast iron and aluminum with a bit of copper, rubber and plastic thrown in to the mix in your cooling system.

Assuming the coolant is not changed regularly, it is probably corroded nicely now. A sealer could accelerate the galvanic corrosion process, though they claim not to.

I would pull the car from service and check the entire cooling system. Pull the radiator and heater core and have a radiator shop flush and pressure check them. Pull the water pump and see what the inside of the head looks like now. A good shop will be able to PROPERLY flush your cooing system, which I highly reccomend.

Summer is coming, and you had better not be relying on that sealer to get you to winter again... Ask anyone here who has overheated- the head is usually junk afterward.
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