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Old 01-02-2018, 11:41 AM
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gave you tried using stop leak in the radiator. it common for these motors to seep antifreeze out the back of the head. if there is no crack that should stop your leak. I always use silver paint on the head gasket when assembling the engine. this is an old trick us old mechanics used on the d282
I don't like stop leak. Plugs things up. Also settles into the areas around the cylinders and creates hot spots.

Painting gaskets used to be a trick. With the gaskets made now days, it's antiquated. Won't help. They are made out of different material, with a seal coat on them.

I'm not beating on you, but as with any job, part of being a mechanic is changing habits with the introduction of newer techniques and newer materials. Sometimes old tricks work. Sometimes they are more harmful than helpful. Just like now that pistons are made out of different materials, we no longer knurled them to take up slack on loose skirt.... gaskets have changed too.
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Stop leak is the devil and should be avoided at all cost. I had a Caprice that some a-hole filled full of stop leak and it would plug the heater core every week, after several attempts to flush it out I had to buy a new heater core and rad to solve the issue.
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Stop leak is the devil and should be avoided at all cost. I had a Caprice that some a-hole filled full of stop leak and it would plug the heater core every week, after several attempts to flush it out I had to buy a new heater core and rad to solve the issue.
I prefer using pepper
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That might work in Florida but around here that would just attract a bear, everybody knows bear's love pepper!
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Stop leak is the devil and should be avoided at all cost. I had a Caprice that some a-hole filled full of stop leak and it would plug the heater core every week, after several attempts to flush it out I had to buy a new heater core and rad to solve the issue.
That wasn't a 400 sb in that Caprice was it. My dad had a 71 Caprice, beautiful white car with fender skirts. Mom over heated it and it was done. I think they had a few lemons that year. Mike
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That wasn't a 400 sb in that Caprice was it. My dad had a 71 Caprice, beautiful white car with fender skirts. Mom over heated it and it was done. I think they had a few lemons that year. Mike
It was an 86 Caprice with a 4.3, it was two tone green and we called it the dill pickle.
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gave you tried using stop leak in the radiator. it common for these motors to seep antifreeze out the back of the head. if there is no crack that should stop your leak. I always use silver paint on the head gasket when assembling the engine. this is an old trick us old mechanics used on the d282
Thanks for the input there mrfred54, I appreciate it. You know,.. I have never used that stuff, always afraid that it would lead to overheating. I guess it's like anything, used properly it would prolly be fine, unless like Tim said some a-ho dumps 3 bottles in just to unload some pos chebby on some poor unsuspecting foo.

I have heard of the silver paint thing. Always wondered if it was suppose to be aluminum rich paint?? Used to buy that stuff where I bought white lead paste and Cuprinol #10 Green. All the good stuff, gone. It's too bad really, just cause some people don't know how to use things responsibly.
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I have heard of the silver paint thing. Always wondered if it was suppose to be aluminum rich paint?? .
The mechanics where dad used to work (at least the real IH mechanics from the 60's) used IH aluminum spray paint on head gaskets. We use Copper-kote (on water cooled engines)
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The mechanics where dad used to work (at least the real IH mechanics from the 60's) used IH aluminum spray paint on head gaskets. We use Copper-kote (on water cooled engines)
Thanks John, I thought so.
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twoton, That roller, is it about an 8 or 10 ton? I used to operate a 6 ton Dresser and was always fun to load on the trailer.
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