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Subject:Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
From:Robert Stewart
Date:Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:05:02 -0400

Yeah thats the product I am using.

I am just trying to find out how to proper flush the system. Do you
know which line I am suppose to use?

Robert

On Aug 31, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Edward Duntz wrote:

> I don't know what brand I was looking at, but I was looking at a
> bottle of some brand of head gasket in a bottle or coolant system
> leak, and I noticed that it said not to add it to coolant. They
> wanted you to totally drain the system, as it said that the stuff
> was totally incompatable with any coolant. You had to put in the
> radiator (or coolant bottle, I guess, as in the case of Vanagons)
> and add straight water to mix it around. I don't know what brand it
> was, but whatever you use, just make sure you follow the directions.
>
> Ed in CT
>
> > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:04:18 -0400
> > From: robertmstewart@MAC.COM
> > Subject: Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak
> Head Gasket Repair
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > Hey Matt,
> >
> > Just wondering what the process for the installation of the bars
> leak
> > stuff was?
> >
> > I just bought their head gasket leak repair and it says to pour it
> > into the radiator and not the coolant tank?
> >
> > What did you do? Does anyone know this should be done with our Vans?
> >
> > It also suggested a flush using a T coolant attachment, did you
> you do
> > this? Where did you connect the hose with the T system?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> > NYC
>
>
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