Benfolio
10-12-2009, 02:14 PM
Hrm, a head gasket fix in a bottle for my EJ25D?
I know, I know, I KNOW it needs head gaskets, but I'm on a budget and just wanted to try this first.
I've heard mixed reviews, and mixed answers about the proper procedure for using it (some say follow the directions, others modify them and still get good results, such as DRIVING the car with the mixture in it, instead of just idling), but wanted some info from actual SUBARU people. Has it been used? How? Has it worked? How long?
Engine is a stock 1997 Phase I EJ25D, 164,000 miles, not sure if the HG's have been done.....
It was pushing coolant out of the radiator into the overflow slightly, usually it would go back down as the car cooled, and maybe it'd go a week or three before it got too high and would overheat, now it's doing it DAILY. Hell, every time I drive it.
Funny thing is, I set it to idle at 3,000RPM for 20 minutes in the shop at work to simulate a drive home and it was fine. Didn't even get any combustion gasses in the radiator according to our fancy-schmancy tester here at work.
But that makes a case for ignoring the instructions on the bottle, and driving it with the mixture in, if it didn't push any gasses into the coolant just sitting there running without a load. I mean, if it's not going to bubble out sitting in the shop like that, how is the K&W stuff going to fill the crack that's not leaking?
I know, I know, I KNOW it needs head gaskets, but I'm on a budget and just wanted to try this first.
I've heard mixed reviews, and mixed answers about the proper procedure for using it (some say follow the directions, others modify them and still get good results, such as DRIVING the car with the mixture in it, instead of just idling), but wanted some info from actual SUBARU people. Has it been used? How? Has it worked? How long?
Engine is a stock 1997 Phase I EJ25D, 164,000 miles, not sure if the HG's have been done.....
It was pushing coolant out of the radiator into the overflow slightly, usually it would go back down as the car cooled, and maybe it'd go a week or three before it got too high and would overheat, now it's doing it DAILY. Hell, every time I drive it.
Funny thing is, I set it to idle at 3,000RPM for 20 minutes in the shop at work to simulate a drive home and it was fine. Didn't even get any combustion gasses in the radiator according to our fancy-schmancy tester here at work.
But that makes a case for ignoring the instructions on the bottle, and driving it with the mixture in, if it didn't push any gasses into the coolant just sitting there running without a load. I mean, if it's not going to bubble out sitting in the shop like that, how is the K&W stuff going to fill the crack that's not leaking?