Steaming Mad!

[Mike Miller]

I had a leak many years ago that would lose a cup of fluid in 150 miles. 
I used some Bars Leaks and it went away. Never did find out what was 
leaking.

--mike


On 12/2/2012 6:37 PM, PeterBergin at aol.com wrote:
> Have not used it 30 years.  I would get one that is not chunky as it  may
> plug up other stuff.  I would replace the core. or at least tear into  it to
> see what you got.
>   
> There is a heater control valve that lets the water flow through the
> heater.
>   
> If you want to be cheep to you can get it fixed, take the two heater hoses,
>   unhook them and, get a plastic barbed fitting and bypass it.  Don't know
> where you live, but winter is almost here.
>   
> Good luck.
>   
> I think Silver Seal is a popular brand of stop leak.
>   
> Pete
>   
>   
> In a message dated 12/2/2012 4:39:44 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> adamgratz at gmail.com writes:
>
> It feels  like coolant, slippery, but no sweet taste. It's the Pentosin
> blue, propylene glycol I believe, which may or may not taste sweet  like
> ethylene glycol does. Both things could be true at the  same time, leaking water
> from plugged drains and leaking heater core. The  steam is pretty dramatic.
> My wonder is, why would the heater core get hot if  the climate control is
> off?
>
> I am very tempted to try stop leak, as much as I hate the idea. Any brand
> you prefer?
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Bernie Benz <_b.benz at charter.net_
> (mailto:b.benz at charter.net) > wrote:
>
> He’d been cleaning rust and scale from the cooling system  when the leak
> was noticed, so didn’t involve antifreeze.
> Bernie
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Pete Bergin wrote:
>
>>   So I have to ask is it water or antfreeze on the carpet?  If water you
> may just have a pluged up water drain under wipers.  Its a long  shot.
>>   Pete
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>>   -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adam Gratz <_adamgratz at gmail.com_ (mailto:adamgratz at gmail.com) >
>> To:  200q20v <_200q20v at audifans.com_ (mailto:200q20v at audifans.com) >
>>   Sent: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 2:34 pm
>> Subject: Re: Steaming  Mad!
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>> Hi All-
>>
>> If the heater core were  the culprit, would there be water on the carpet
>> behind the center  console, or is this coincidental? The heater core sits
>> behind the  firewall but in front of the bulkhead, right?
>>
>> Also.....Still  looking for a stage 3 (or similar) chipped Motronics ECU,
>> please  mail me if you have one.
>> I have a perfectly good stage chipped stage  1 ECU from 2Bennett
> Audimotive
>> for trade/sale with factory 120k  turbo.
>>
>> Thank you wise senators for the advice so  far,
>>
>> Doc-
>> '91 3B Avant - raised with coil  overs
>>
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