got bar's?

[BlazinUP]

anyone ever use that stuff ....BAR's for sealing a radiator...
or heater core? good/bad....are there better things to use.....?
im asking cause iv got a small leak in my heater core...and dont wanna replace it.....for like 300$...specially cause i dont know if the truck will last much more than 180k,,,,got 144k already.....
if this stuff works and gets me threw another 40k miles...ill try it.

[OverBoardProject]

Good for a temp fix. Just make sure that you disconect the heater hoses (probably easiest at the core) and either plug them or join them together for the procedure. It'll plug your heater core right up.

If it requires more than 2 bottles just fix the problem the proper way.

[BlazinUP]

but the bar's site says its guarented not to clog any part of the coolant system...only the leak...
so why would they sell a product....that would clog something its supposed to help........
from what iv heard itsd the best of the leak stoppers....but i do want some oppinions...from someone who has used it....or has experiance with it.........

[crazy4nitro]

I've used it .it works and until I read this post I had actually forgotten that I put it in........like 10,000 miles ago.....hmm

[OverBoardProject]

If it sounds easier to use people will buy it over their competedors.

I've seen multi heater cores plugged because of rad sealants, and although I can't say that it was Bars that caused them to plug I can say that I'd rather not take a chance.

It's not even a 5 min job to bypass the heater core, and it's often a several hour job to replace them. I don't think that Bars would pay for the job.

[rlith]

This frustrates me (only because of how I am) Unless you are stuck out in the middle of nowhere and you took a stome through the core, do it right! Replace the radiator or what ever is leaking instead of trying to bandaid it. Why would you even take the chance of either clogging your system, or it not holding and ruining your engine from overheat? Sorry, I just don't like bandaid fixes like that unless you happen to be stuck in the Andes with a bad part and no food except for the people who are dead that happened to be riding with you and you have to eat...

[OverBoardProject]

rlith; do you always like looking for the absolute worst case scenereo.

I know what you mean though, but guess what... you won't have any Bars stop leak then, so your Buzzard food already.

If you like driving through deep water always carry a jar of Bars, and some wire cutters... just in case your fan goes through the rad (I've had it happen).
You can crimp the leaking cores, and with the help of the bars you have a chance to make it home.

[rlith]

Nope, don't always look for worst case, but hey, better safe than sorry. And that's why I use an e-fan (less chance of rad damage, well, it's not the only reason I use one). At worst it dies and I just need to get up to hwy speed to make it home. At worst, my rad developes a leak, AAA tows it, and I have the towtruck driver stop by the autoparts store on the way home so I can pick up a new rad! (It wouldn't be the 1st time I've done something similar. A good example is this...Damn thing sounded like a machine gun! HEhehehe

[OverBoardProject]

Nice job rlith!

I wish that I had a photo of my worst damage, somehow a connecting rod got ripped out of the bottom of a piston on my old RZ500 2 stroke 4 cylinder sport bike, and shattered. It sounded like a milkshake machine, and I was suddenly down on power. I still made it home on my bikes power but it sure was nasty in that engine (all confined in that 1 cylinder)

[rlith]

Yeah, bars stop leak wouldn't have helped me on this one! LOL

[OverBoardProject]

I'm just looking at your old Blazer, it was a nice rig

[rlith]

Yeah, it was a good truck, you shoulda seen the body work we did on it... http://www.pghconsulting.net/bodywork/

Sigh, it got totaled a month later, the week it was going into the shop for it's new paintjob (Radar blue)... Even had the rockguard sprayed on!

[OverBoardProject]

Too bad, I'm reading your story, and it sounds like you've had some problems with it's replacement too. I hope that they all worked their way out

[OverBoardProject]

How does that Hot-Shot freon work?

[rlith]

Yeah, 1st one I messed up, second one just turned out to be a weak motor, 3rd one was a charm! LOL... But that's going by the wayside as I have the 5.7 from the 99 Escalade in my garage...