My 84 has a small coolant leak. It is coming out of the connector on the back of the head, drivers side. I checked to make sure the clamp is tight. The car is driven pretty regular, I'm not even getting puddles on the garage. Just the small. I might add a pint every 500 miles. I'm fixing to part out a 83 euro, and I want have much spare time to take the intake off to fix this. I will be busy most of the time sending you guys parts!!!
Anyway, have any of you folks ever used Bars leak in these cars. I have used it in my other cars, but never in my 944's

 

Back in school I was told that this would also clog up the radiator tosome extent.. I have never used it.. I was under the impression that it is basically cork floating around the system when fluid was leaving a hole it would jam up the hole.. It is temporary at best.. I say nay.. Unless it is to getyou to next week.. You say you have used it before,, so? Alsoheard you could use paprika to do the samething. All seemed like old wives tales to me.. BUt the teachers said it would allwork...

 

Egg will work as well, temporarily.

If I use something it's the powdered aluminum. Did it on my Duster and it worked absolutely fantabulous.

But my Duster cost me $100 and didn't have an aluminum block.

 

I used Bars Leak on my '84 and it worked pretty well. Didn't seem to cause any problems, but I only had a tiny leak and used a lot less that I was supposed to because that stuff worried me. It may be a "use at your own risk" kind of thing.

 

I used it in my 74 F-250. Nothing can hurt that thing. All cast iron anyway. I was just worried about using it in an all alloy motor. It would be a tempory fix, but how the hell would you get it all back out ??? Some of it would more than likely hang in there after you drain all of the coolant out anyway.

 

I wouldn't do it. You'll have that crap floating around in there forever. Just find the source of the leak and fix it.

 

I agree, fix it properly. Mechanic in a can won't work for long, if it works at all.

 

It's been my experience that "stop leak " products will usually cause as many problems as they solve. Heater cores seem the most common victim, the junk likes to accumulate there and render them useless. I would just try to repair/replace the leaking component.

 

ive used it , it worked, and when i took the motor apart later on it looked nasty inside, and limits the effectivness of the radiator

 

Its worth spending the 2 hours to take the manifold off and fix it right. There is not that much stuff to cause leaks back there.

 

Thanks guys, I really do thank you for your comments. You are right, as usual, I need to take the intake off, and fix it right. I have never taken short cuts on my car, and no reason to start now.

 

Echoing what everyone else said, it'll gunk up your engine, but I did once fix a radiator leak on a F150 with JB Weld. Two years later, it's still holding.

 

I used it last year for a minor leak. Never had a problem since.... but then again I have my heater core bypassed. Never runs hot and the fluid in the holding tank looks clean.

 

Travis,
fixing to part out a 83 euro, if you want the rack