[Mgs] heater core leak advice

[Carl French]

It sounds silly but twice in the past I have saved myself in the same situation by dumping a 2oz can of black pepper in the radiator. Seems to do the job very well without clogging things up. Either way I would also crank down on the heater valve. Maybe you are too advanced (running hot)?
   
  The bottom line is that it is easy to make suggestions as I will not be running many miles on lonely roads. Get as much advice as you can and good luck. I hope you take the MG anyways.
  Carl French

Aaron Whiteman <awhitema at panix.com> wrote:
  Well, crap.

Here it is, one week from tomorrow and I leave for Petaluma. Trip is 
all planned, I've figured out where I'm staying along the way, I've 
made arrangements to board the cat, etc...

I tried to take the car out to the local farm shop I've used on 
occasion to do maintenance and inspections.

So of course, there's a truck without wheels on the lift. Undaunted, 
I did some tuning. I managed to make the timing worse. Runs fine, 
but now it runs hot. Whoops, I'll try again when I'm not frustrated.

While I had the filters off the carbs, I happened to look up, and saw 
this:

http://www.panix.com/~awhitema/tmp/P1000071.jpg

Yup, wet green stuff leaking out of my heater. That certainly 
explains the odor of coolant I've occasionally smelled in the past. 
I don't know how long it's looked like that, but it's a fairly new 
development.
 
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