At 12:22 4/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
>     Well, I have some new news to report.  It looks like I
>     have a leaky cylinder head, and the big job is now
>     inevitable. However, I was wondering if using alumaseal
>     for the time being would help me out a little.  I have
>     read some messages posted that say they got an extra
>     20k miles out of their engine before they did the head
>     gasket replacement.  Any thoughts on this? Am I wasting
>     my time, or shouls I use this as a temporary fix. I
>     need to save some money for this job, and I hope that
>     by using it, it doesn't cause more harm than good.
>     Thanks.
>
>     P.S. Please don't reply to this address I have sent
>     from.  Post to mailing list instead.
>
>     Trevor 87 Westy

From my experience last weekend, I would start with the Moroso sealer that
has been mentioned, or maybe the Prestone stuff. I tried Aluma-Seal and it
let go after 200 miles...

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco (Katy's car now)
'58 Ghia Convert
'75 Bug
'67 Bug
'63 Bug (*still* for sale)
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