my friend has a 3.1 v6.. i think it may be the head gasket. i just wanted to know what the better product would be. they have stop-a-leak and STP are two that i know of. anyone have any comments or suggestions? thanks

 

any comments will be helpful

 

A new gasket...

 

hmm.... ovbiously but the guy is looking to trade it in without having to put work into it.... i was just seeing if there was a good enough product to solve the issue so i can save him a little money.

 

So we are discussing screwing a car dealer? Why didnt you say so....?



Try an egg, MythBusters did it, but dont expect the Employeee Discount....

 

which ends Augest 1. he doesnt want an 05 anyways. im not sure what he will go with but im just going to go down to the parts store and see what they have. if it doesnt work ill just replace the gasket but i figured i would try to save him some money and labor.

 

you can use fine ground black pepper. It works like a charm.

 

Over the years I found Barrs leak in the tablets you have to grind up to work the best, and was/is a first fix in many oem garages when dealing with leaky heater cores or other minor leaks.

Many in the racing community (including myself) run them also when paired with aluminum heads to help seal any little voids/imperfections on a new motor since the expansion/contraction rates and minor machining flaws can casue you to lose water over time. I've seen 3 sets of head gaskets off race motors now that use Barr's after inital break in, and there was silver around the ring of the head gasket bore and some other places as well....sounds hokey, but more common than you think.

 

Yea, we toss Bars Leak into pretty much every cooling system repair job at my work. Helps seal up those SMALL imperfections.

 

thanks ill try bars leaks