Head gasket Sealer for vehicles?

[pinkflames420]

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Currently I'm looking to revive an older Acura for me and the babes while Dads at work. The head gasket Is leaking on the engine and I did a bit of research on the topic. I managed to find something called "head gasket sealer", and from what I've read you basically just pour the stuff in and magically seals the leaks PERMANENTLY. 
My concerns are, how long and how PERMANENTLY the sealer actually works.

Im not interested in joining any new forums, so I thought it'd be okay to get some insight from you guys who also do some work on cars.

THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THREAD. JUST ASKING SOME REAL PEOPLE ABOUT THE PRODUCT.

 - Monica

[gsx600racer]

Iv never seen a head gasket sealer(then again, iv never looked). Oil sealer & coolant, yes.

Head gaskets keep compression in the cyl, and coolant from entering the cyl and oil. So depending on the type of leak, its a 50/50 shot it might work. If the head is warped or cracked from overheating, I don't think this will fix the problem. Unfortunately I am old school, I pull the head and replace the gasket if that's the was the issue. I'm not a fan of pour in fixes. Pour in additives and treatments are another story.

If you concerns are on how permanent, would you risk taking a long trip with the family and that so called permanent fix failed ?

[SandStorm]

It's the head gasket leaking, or is the valve rocker cover gasket leaking?
Honestly, I don't trust those items.

[knobby]

It can work depending on what the problem is. If you have ONLY a small coolant leak into your combustion chamber, I think that is the best case scenario. If you have oil in your water, or water in your oil, you're probably going to have to replace your head gasket.

Drain out your coolant and use pure water beforehand. Also a good idea to bypass your heater core. It can clog that. And radiators are cheap these days. I'd swap a new one in after this treatment whether it works or not...

Some OE spec coolants have head gasket sealer type chemicals in them. From the factory. Believe it or not. Subaru is one that comes to mind..

This is kind of a neat story.
barsleaks.com/general/bars-leaks-and-the-historic-1958-uss-nautilus-mission/

[190mech]

Ive used K&W sealers and they work well,your brand has good reviews also..Follow the directions and keep your fingers crossed!!

[crawford]

My so in law put soom in his F 150 a year ago and I still running. I still in disbelieving it even happen. I seen him do it also still a shocker to me

[pinkflames420]

That's why I had too use the term "magically" because I just can't see this working forever. As far as I'm concerned it's just a blown gasket and the car had been basically given to me right afterwards. Some people just don't like putting time into anything these days lol I forgot to mention it still runs so I'm thinking the head gasket isn't warped or anything.
The bottle states it somehow solves warped heads but who friggen knows! I'm concerned that if it doesn't go swell, I'm gonna have to deal with a mess.

Assuming it's just the head gasket leaking, this sounds like it'll do the trick, along with good reviews, I'm always wondering if the reviews on there sites are legit.

My plan here was that I DIDNT have to remove the head Should probably take a double check on ^^^ quoted by knobby (oil in water, vice versa)!!
And I don't think my daughter would be very happy about mommys car breaking down from a bimbo mistake :/

[knobby]

Yep, its worked for me before also. It clogged my heater core though, and I installed a new radiator afterwards as a precaution. My buddy had a radiator burst on him after treatment.  No where near as good as replacing the head gasket, who knows how much it reduces cooling efficiency inside your block.  If its a beater, who cares about that.. 

If you have water in your oil I wouldn't try it, do a new HG.  If you just have oil in your water, I would still go for it.  Worth a try. 

[pinkflames420]

Cars , cars , cars lol not as easy as scooters. Definitely not as cheap. Coulda bought new parts for my scoot instead of a $60 dollar bottle ... that might not even work for me lol.

It's an older Acura, looks like a Lexus.
My 2 options, the acura^^ or an 89 Honda hatch back with no muffler.

Beater? Haha yes I think I'm stuck with getting free beaters from our tow guy for now. Small towns eh, gotta love em. Come to think, I don't believe we would ever really be too far from home. Everything is fairly close, unless we're taking this beast up the mountain.
I plan to have fun with this car 🙂

[milly]

I had an old shed of a small van with a leaking head gasket, not going into the oil just pressuring the water system and used it for 1,000's 0f miles just by leaving the radiator cap loose so it would'nt pressurise the system and just checking the water level now and again or waiting for the heater to go cold which ment lack of water. Done a lot of stop start driving in london with it as well. I remember going to Ireland in it and if you went over 40mph the dipstick rose and you knew by the smell of oil and pushed it in again. It's days were numbered when I could lift the roof by the back doors and peer in and say to the passangers dont worry the floors got no rust in it some did look abit freaked out Bedford HA van it was 1.3 I think.
Happy days.

[knobby]

Done the no radiator cap thing here too..

[FrankenMech]

$60???

I would just use regular Bar's liquid radiator stop leak or the same brand tablets. The GM cooling system leak tablets also work well for head gasket leaks. I just crumble up the tablets and add them to the radiator. Just follow the directions.