coolant drip please help

[chadderbox]

hello, i have a coolant drip under right foot, i think right where the carrier wheel bolts to tunnel. my question... can i put the "good" bars leaks in because i really don't want to remove exchanger i'm cursed with no garage at the moment and it's 2 degrees out!

 

[larryo454]

Hi all i can tell you is yes i did,but only 1/2 of a small battle.I open the bottle and put it in a old alum bowl and crushed the it to mush.Did this last year for the same thing and my old Vmax.
P.S this is only a band aid.

Larry

 

[chadderbox]

correct, n thank you for the reply. don't like to "cob" stuff i was however talking about the liquid bars leak?

 

[Moontree]

Just think about where else it is going to hang up. I've never used it. My trusted local Napa sells it, but didn't recommend it

 

[low flying missile]

Bars Leaks has been around forever and I have never read or heard a bad thing about it. I had a 1984 Quad that I had to drain the cooling system on. The service manual stated that Bars Leaks should be added whenever replacing the coolant. I suspect it may be put in many vehicles at the factory. I would find the source of the leak and if its not on a welded seam I would use it. The season is short and I would fix it more permanently in the summer.

 

[YammyRX1]

Just had mine welded over the summer and they are very hard to fix- so thin that it kept coming back with pin holes. I have read other posts where people have had good success with JB Weld but if I had to do it again I would find a good used heat exchanger or buy a new one. It is probably leaking due to the steel mounting plate rubbing on the exchanger, common issue.

 

[chadderbox]

l.f. missile , very valid points and sounds like were on the same page thank you, yammie rx1 also very valid points , I do plan on replacing and fabbing brackets for the weak points when i put a m7 cat skid under her. (next year i'm afraid) im running zerex G-02 in it (cant see it in the snow )so i'll just try the liquid bars leaks and carry a pepsi bottle full in my jacket... i'll post if/how well it works TY, moontree ty for replying, but i'm talking about the liquid b.l. not the powder

 

[YammyRX1]

This is what my leak looked like- you can see the outline of the mounting bracket where it has galled the heat exchanger. I removed some steel and shimmed in this area when I put it back together.

 

[chadderbox]

ty. yammie , now i'm fairly confident that's my leak (haven't had it apart yet) , looks like piss poor engineering