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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 02:00 AM
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can some-one help i have did the heads and gaskets also a long with the timing chain water is boiling out of the tank and a trace of oil is in the exaust system the hold coolint system has been replace but still runs hot now think the block is cracked but short on money to get fix is there away of fixing this problem with out really going to the poor house need help bad and also replace manf gasket
 
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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You can try a product called "Bars Leak". I have sealed head gaskets with it before. No guarantee but worth a try.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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You can try a product called "Bars Leak". I have sealed head gaskets with it before. No guarantee but worth a try.
I used that stuff on a John Deere 4440. Coolant was running out of the radiator like it was coming out of a garden hose. 10 minutes later it was all but dried up around the leak. That was 2 years ago and it hasn't leaked since. Usually when I'm field cultivating with it, it runs right at the top of the normal range, it did that before the leak too, so it must hold up well to high temps.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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in the past in dirt cars and race cars where i ran a cleaned out coolant system , no anti freeze , just water i ran a lil' secret my grandpa put me on too . sodium silicate or another name in the pharmacies is liquid glass . first the engine up get her up to temp , and put it into the radiator with nothing but clean water as anti freeze will not allow it too set up , and it will find all leaks and cracks and seal them period . ran a 350 chevy for two years on the dirt " bomber " circuit on the local tracks here with a crack between the left side freeze plugs in the side of the block with no issues . another possible thing is jb weld . used it before in a simialar situation with great results if its a place you can get too . internally try the liquid glass . wont work so well in cold weather with straight water but for now it'll work great as long as all the anti freeze is gone from the system, then hopefully you'll have the funds for a better engine by winter . it's used all the time in flatheads to seal 'em up . thats what grandpops ran in the day on the tracks here ............. p.s i have used it as of recent in an old dodge 3/4 ton truck i had for a beater for a bit that had a leaking head gasket and it sealed it up tight till i got around to repairing it .
 
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ronnie78
can some-one help i have did the heads and gaskets also a long with the timing chain water is boiling out of the tank and a trace of oil is in the exaust system the hold coolint system has been replace but still runs hot now think the block is cracked but short on money to get fix is there away of fixing this problem with out really going to the poor house need help bad and also replace manf gasket
What were the symptoms of the initial repair that led you to cylinder head "rebuild" and new gaskets? Did the machine shop that "rebuilt" the heads resurface them?
JL
 
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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You remember the cash for clunkers program? Well when the cars got to the dealers, the mecanics would drain the oil, fill the crank case with sodium silicate and water and ran them full throttle 'till the sodium silicate turned to glass and locked the engine up rendering them useless.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ronnie78
can some-one help i have did the heads and gaskets also a long with the timing chain water is boiling out of the tank and a trace of oil is in the exaust system the hold coolint system has been replace but still runs hot now think the block is cracked but short on money to get fix is there away of fixing this problem with out really going to the poor house need help bad and also replace manf gasket
Seriously buddy.....strings of words put together with no punctuation whatsoever.
One can barely make sense of this post. However, I'll stop here since I suspect the op's first post was also his last.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Seriously buddy.....strings of words put together with no punctuation whatsoever.
One can barely make sense of this post. However, I'll stop here since I suspect the op's first post was also his last.
That's the result of the modern education system, keep watching it's going to change. Probably for the worse.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 02:29 AM
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Modern education and texting will ruin America's ability to seem "Smarter than a 5th Grader"
 
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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Yup, the do gooders and the feel gooders continue to lower the standards in the classroom so "not one is left behind".
In my opinion there are many in fairly high positions that would have been left behind, ie; many upper level managers in goverment that do not know the field they are working in but got the job because they somehow managed to get a piece of paper that certifies them as knowlegable. And many of them can't put a sentence together properly when speaking, let alone writing. A good example would be our former president, almost King Bush II. I guess we are getting what we deserve.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 04:57 PM
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At least the thread title was bang on......
 
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Old Jul 3, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Moto Mel
That's the result of the modern education system, keep watching it's going to change. Probably for the worse.
What's funny is the original post is perfectly understandable.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 07:18 AM
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What's funny is the original post is perfectly understandable.
You're kidding, right?

I guess that is the way teachers see it.......No need to hold the poor kid back just because of a few punctuation errors......everyone makes mistakes.

what is a "hold coolint system"?

Puff, Puff, Pass......
 
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Moto Mel
That's the result of the modern education system, keep watching it's going to change. Probably for the worse.
They also cannot add, subtract, multiply or divide. However, most are capable of texting at about a thousand words per minute.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ottawaguy

what is a "hold coolint system"?

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It's under the hood somewhere, near the oil indickater.
 
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