I'll second Jeff's email. I had a mystery coolant loss in Dixie and put in 2
bottles of the Subaru Head Gasket Conditioner.  That was in the spring and
the coolant level hasn't budged.

Seeya, Jake

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:27 AM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> Soooo... Last winter I got in my van and started to drive, the heat took 15
> minutes to start going. That only meant 1 thing, there was not enough
> coolant. I've been very diligent over the years keeping an air free system
> and have enjoyed a temp gauge that never, even on hot days idling, went
> more
> than a hair past the led. After putting in about 2 cups of water and
> bleeding the system I was back to normal and the heat worked fine. A few
> weeks later the top coolant tank was a cup or two low. Figured I have a
> slow
> leak somewhere but since I planned to have the engine rebuilt I could just
> keep on top of the coolant.  So all summer long I've been putting in a cup
> or so a week and I've actaully had to turn the heat on for the first time
> to
> cool off in traffic.  The same day my van's brakes went out I had smelled
> hot coolant for the first time when I parked so I had the mechanic search
> for leaks after fixing my brakes. He found a weeping head gasket that
> stopped leaking when hot and a weeping water pump.  OK, I plan on a late
> fall rebuild for the engine BUT my question is should I throw some Bars
> Leaks in there for my fall trips? I've got a 300 mile round trip to MD for
> Pony Pitch next weekend and a few short hops like "Buses by the Depot". The
> van is also a 2 day a week daily driver. Being that I'll probably only put
> another 1000 miles on before the rebuild I'm debating whether to do the
> stop
> leak or not.
>
>
> Bryan
>

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Jake

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