I have...  Two in the last year alone. One vanagon, one eurovan. Both
had minor water leaks, but no other issues. Within days of adding bars
leak, both had overheating issues due to clogged radiators.

Cheers,

Jeff

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On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>   I  have never seen a radiator fail because it was full of Bar's
> Leak but every one I have ever replaced has been full of
> rust.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> Dave Arthur wrote:
>> I have a persistent drip between my RH cylinder head and block on
>> my '86 2.1
>> WBX. Tears of Glycol...
>>
>> Compression is good and no signs of head gasket failure ... Yet.
>>
>> I almost hate to ask, but what about a 'stop Leak' product or the
>> like? Or
>> is this sort of fix nix verboten?
>>
>> If the coolant gasket is leaking, is it inevitable that the
>> cylinder seals
>> will follow? Would a pre-emptive replacement of the head gaskets,
>> coolant
>> and compression stave off further problems?
>>
>> Advice welcome!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>