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Subject:Re: Overheating, smoking, rough running
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:40:24 -0500

Are you guys actually recommending Barr's Stop Leak to fix a metal
0-ring (compression) gasket? It's not the rubber gasket that's
leaking. Water is getting into the combustion chamber somehow. I'm
going to pull the plugs tomorrow and take a look.

Jim

On 10/23/07, Geza Polony <gezapolony@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I second the Bar's Leak idea. It works. If you don't get all the coolant
> out, though, it turns to green jello, and you have a big problem on your
> hands. I've seen pics on the Saab website.
>
> One other suggestion would be to use "normal" Bar's Leaks on it (not HG
> Repair) and then if that doesn't help, flush completely and use the Head
> Gasket repair stuff.
>
> A phone rep at BL told me you could actually have something like a 10%
> coolant solution left in the system, but I wouldn't want to risk it.
>