>To: steveh@pauli.emu.com
>From: jlfoster@siu.edu (John Foster)
>Subject: Re: Syncronicity Achieved! (LONG)
>
>Steve---
>
>Saw your note----
>
>
>>Of course I've got a million questions to ask the group but I'll
>>try and dribble them out slowly over time so you all don't get sick
>>of my whining.  The guys here at the Volks Cafe will get paid to
>>answer the obvious questions, so maybe I can reserve the stumpers
>>for the group. (One I gotta ask now: is there a consensus that this
>>ALUMASEAL stuff is bad, and if so, is there any way to flush the
>>extra gunk back out of a micro-clogged radiator?)
>
>  My 86 Vanagon GL developed a tiny head leak 2 years ago.  I talked with
my local mechanic, he called a dealer mechanic, then decided he didn't want
to get into messing with the heads.  He also recommended trying a very small
amount of a stop leak product before doing anything else.  I put a tiny
pinch of Alumaseal (literally the amount I could get between my thumb and
forefinger) in and the leak has not recurred for two years, nor have I
noticed other problems...overheating or the like.  So I guess my experience
is it seems OK--at least in very small quantities for very small leaks.  Of
course maybe it has created something I don't know about yet.
> 
>Would be very interested in anything you get on the Alumaseal question. 
>
>                                             John Foster
>
>
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