Additive for coolant leak

[1534dover]

my 1995 Ford Taurus has a coolant leak. Is there a way to fix it without tearing the engine apart? About an eighth of a cup a day. Will GM Pills help this?

[Moppie]

If you don't care about the car and have no long term plans for it, then there are plenty of different stop leak products that might, or might not work.

But, these products work by solidifying in the cooling system where is a leak to air, or a change in pressure.
They can often block critical passages in the engine and cause over heating problems in the future.


Can you see where the leak is?
Usually they are not that hard to fix, and long term it is always the better solution.

[1534dover]

Originally Posted by Moppie

If you don't care about the car and have no long term plans for it, then there are plenty of different stop leak products that might, or might not work.

But, these products work by solidifying in the cooling system where is a leak to air, or a change in pressure.
They can often block critical passages in the engine and cause over heating problems in the future.


Can you see where the leak is?
Usually they are not that hard to fix, and long term it is always the better solution.

My mechanic says it is the gasket in a housing that would require three to four hours labor to remove if they didn't break any bolts in the process. Their experience is Ford bolts here often do break no matter how careful they are.

[Willyum]

I wouldn't use anything unless it was a radiator leak in the metal. I once used just egg white that worked well for that.
For the engine you need to get serious.

[1534dover]

I used one AC Delco Cooling System seal tab, apparently a fiber product. And one I think will do the job.