[Healeys] (Healeys) Radiator leak

[Alan Seigrist]

You're talking about Alumaseal.  That and bahrs leaks both work well.

On 6/13/09, Patrick Yoas <pyoas at yahoo.com> wrote:
>     I once owned a '70 Jag XJS V12 and normal maintenance was to add two(2)
> satchels of Bars Leak to radiator after flushing out. I never had a problem
> with leaks.
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>     Also, semi-trucks (aka: 18 wheelers), often use a radiator additive
> available at any truck stop for leaks in their cooling systems. I can not
> think of the exact name at the moment, but it wasn't expensive and worked
> great. It was something similar to Bars Leak, or might have actually been
> the
> same thing but was available in a powder form.
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>     I would not put a whole container of this in a Healey radiator but just
> enough to do the job. It very well could assist someone in a temporary
> repair
> of a leaky casting plug or radiator. Good enough for $20k engines, should be
> good enough for a Healey engine.
>     Patrick
>     BJ8
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>     Subject: Re: [Healeys] radiator leak
>     To: Healey Mail List <healeys at autox.team.net>
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>     My BJ7 had a radiator leak I could never manage to get a solder to keep
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> - Ignored:
>     shut.  At various times over the years I tried stop leak products.  Most
>     seemed to put in some sort of particulate material that would swell
>     somewhat in water.  Some worked -more or less- for a time.
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>     Over the years my faithful beast ran hotter and hotter.  When I finally
>     tore down the engine in year 25 I found the dead spaces in the water
>     jacket - around the base of each cylinder and up as much as half way- to
>     be filled with a deposit roughly the texture of soggy newsprint.  Fine
>     insulation preventing cooling.
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>     So I do not recommend commercial stop leaks.  However, I must admit that
>     the pepper idea sounds intriguing in that I suspect it would stay in
>     suspension and not deposit.
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>     Cheers,
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>     Pete Pollock
>     Palo Alto, CA, USA
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> - Done.
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Alan

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