[urq] Disappearing Coolant

[Andrew B]

Barr's leak has worked pretty well in the past for me.  When I warped
my head it definately made a change for the better in my coolant loss.
 Could be worth a shot, it's cheap too.  Not sure if this helps, but
the pepper topic brought it up.

On 7/29/05, Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 1:24 PM, Brandon Rogers wrote:
> 
> > Well I thought I had found the cause - slightly loose clamp on the
> > lower hose from the coolanst reservoir, and temp sender taht I got
> > a 1/4 turn on ....but my light falshed again today for a while....
> >
> 
> Sounds like a possible candidate for the 'ol pepper trick.  Add about
> one tablespoon of ground black pepper to the system (since the leak
> is small, you might have to introduce it via a radiator hose instead
> of just dumping it into the tank).
> 
> The pepper will eventually work its way to where the water is leaking
> from, and plug it... although if it is head gasket related, you might
> be out of luck.   The rest of the pepper should just harmlessly float
> around; it's too small to block radiator passages provided you don't -
> really- coarsely grind it :-)
> 
> Bon appetit,
> Brett
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