At 8:14 PM -0700 3/12/02, John Brush wrote:
>  >> I read earlier this weekend about someone using pepper to stop the head
>>>  gasket leak.  Does this really work and what kind do I use.
>
>I don't think there was any mention of it working on a head gasket leak.
>It has been known to get me home with a leaky radiator.

--
A few years ago when I had a #&*$#! Isuzu Tr**per, a numb nuts posted
to the Tr**per list I was on about how he had added stop leak goop to
his engine to stop an oil leak--I think it may have been a head
gasket leak.  So, he added *radiator* stop leak goop to his *crank
case*.

He posted back a few days later with the news that his engine was
completely ruined--virtually every bearing had burned right out.
(well, duh...)

A few days after that, he posted he was thinking of suing the
radiator stop leak goop manufacturer because the instructions did not
say "Look pal, this stuff is designed to maybe stop a small leak in
your radiator: if you are even *thinking* of pouring this stuff into
your crank case to stop an oil leak, you are clearly an idiot, and
should not be allowed to open the hood of your car, let alone buy
this product."

But what do I know?  He probably won his case...

T.

(Known to pump milk into tires to stop slow leaks.  Not kidding.  It can work.)