Originally Posted by
gcfcos
We use steel seal at work on vehicles that are not financially worth repairing due to headgasket issues but the owners happy to gamble £35 to see if it'll last a while longer. I've done a few cars now and even an old carpet fitters van that was puffing out white smoke and they are all still going over 6 months on! We just dump half the coolant out and then add the steel seal and then top up the coolant, run up to temperature and should be good for a while at least
well I have possible injectors problems, slightly whiney turbo and can feel no boost and cannot hear proper function of turbo, clunk when bring clutch up and possible head gasket problem, it's already had £2,000 on repairs in under 2 years.
It drives well, no power loss, no smoke, no oil/water mixing, just having to top up water time-time and bottle often looks empty but when removing header tank cap the water rushes up and fills bottle but then drops to half.
would replace HG if it needs doing but as said it has other potentially serious faults.
few questions.
. should the thermostat be removed.
I have nothing to pour directly into radiator, can I pour it down the radiator hose ?
do I begin with cold or hot engine ?
how long of I leave engine on for, and then how long do I leave engine off for it too set ?
cheers