[urq] Disappearing Coolant

[Bill Bennett]

black pepper, now that is crazy! porous always, plant material! we had good 
luck with Alumaseal after the machine shop dropped our cylinder head on the 
floor and tigged the part they broke off, took 3 days to stop seeping, been 
good for over two years. crazy billy b.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net>
To: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>
Cc: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>; <Martin at quattro.ca>; "200 20V List" 
<200q20V at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Disappearing Coolant


>
> 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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