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Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Member
Username: 4re_gt4
Post Number: 446
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 1:23 am: | |
According to the guys on "Dream Car Garage" on SpeedChannel, synthetic oil is a cure for oil leaks because it contains seal swelling compounds.
Boy, big flame bait, but I'm just the messenger. "Olio Motore" said it, not me!!! |
Paul Newman (Newman)
Member
Username: Newman
Post Number: 642
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 11:04 pm: | |
The problem with the oil stop leak products Matt is they work. They seal leaks by swelling rubber components. This isnt a good thing to do to an expensive car.....unless you're selling it. |
Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 446
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 10:09 pm: | |
I was just curious. I was wandering around in Pep Boys and saw the row after row of the stuff. |
Stanley DiGuiseppi (Standig)
Junior Member
Username: Standig
Post Number: 83
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 10:05 pm: | |
Some additives can help power steering and trans leaks..never found one to stop cam seal...as for valve cover leak only fix is replace gasket.
Radiator stop leaks allow chemical to mix with air, the spot where the leak is and harden...a water pump leaks because the shaft becomes loose or the seal wears a groove in the shaft.
I don't normally recommend a chemical fix in any car...so the same standard would hold for f-cars |
Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 444
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 10:01 pm: | |
This is really a three fold question.
1. Do they chemical additives work? for example on cam seal or valve cover leaks.
2. Would a radiator stop leak cure leaking water pumps?
3. Would you put them in a f-car?
Your friend and mine,
M
p.s. not as a solution, but as a stop gap between service intervals. |