Thermagasket - Page 3

sjwoodruff · #31 (**permalink**) 10-25-05, 01:24 PM

It's been pretty chilly here the last five days, getting into the low 40's and mid 30's at night. I barely slept last night, because I was worried about a frozen cooling system this morning - never got below 36 though (whew).

I'll be at 400 miles on Wednesday night. I plan to drain on Thursday morning (day off) and refill with Dex mix. Hopefully my heater core isn't mucked up from this stuff, and as it gets colder the seal holds. So far, so good - 10 days and counting.

rfishing · #32 (**permalink**) 10-25-05, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sjwoodruff

It's been pretty chilly here the last five days, getting into the low 40's and mid 30's at night. I barely slept last night, because I was worried about a frozen cooling system this morning - never got below 36 though (whew).

I'll be at 400 miles on Wednesday night. I plan to drain on Thursday morning (day off) and refill with Dex mix. Hopefully my heater core isn't mucked up from this stuff, and as it gets colder the seal holds. So far, so good - 10 days and counting.

Sounds like that stuff is really working good for you. I may give it a try as well, especially since I am not able to find anyone to overhaul the engine. Please keep posting, and I will keep praying for your success.

mtflight · #33 (**permalink**) 10-25-05, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rfishing

Sounds like that stuff is really working good for you. I may give it a try as well, especially since I am not able to find anyone to overhaul the engine. Please keep posting, and I will keep praying for your success.

Where in the US are you?

rfishing · #34 (**permalink**) 10-27-05, 01:58 AM

Update:

I wound up buying another car, but still have the 94sts. Basically, still waiting to find out if SJWoodsruff is successful because I doubt the BARs Leak supplement tabs will hold for more than a few months. I have yet to attempt driving up the mountains since adding tabs. My local driving with car is good, no coolant loss so far that way.

I do not give out my address on internet.

mtflight · #35 (**permalink**) 10-27-05, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rfishing

I do not give out my address on internet.

There's been a couple of instances where forum members who have done headgaskets are willing to help other members--that's why I asked.

I would think putting barsleak into the coolant reservoir tank would end up clogging it. There isn't much flow there, but then again just an educated opinion.

Good luck.

rfishing · #36 (**permalink**) 10-27-05, 05:15 PM

I hear ya about that tank. From what I see, it is not clogged.

delzy · #37 (**permalink**) 10-27-05, 06:56 PM

rfishing,

You are a complete and utter idiot. Please spend your time on the Mercedes forum. I try to keep up on this board and everytime yours is the most recent post, I don't come back for days. PLEASE LEAVE NOW!!

<- You

rfishing · #38 (**permalink**) 10-27-05, 08:11 PM

Delzy,

You bashing is not productive. I have facts to share with others about GM products. If you are a GM representative, then make me a cash deal, and I might go away. Otherwise dont bother posting in this message.

By the way, it would seem your the idiot, as this is a survey about Head Gasket Leaks, and not a hate thread. Keep your anger to yourself, some others might learn from this study about head gasket repair in a bottle that we are doing. Might I suggest you go to the anger management forum.

By the way, I am on MB Forums for my other car as I should be on both. I do not post questions here about MB products, only Cadillac.

So on that note: DELZY stop reading these messages!

paintedalley · #39 (**permalink**) 10-28-05, 02:21 PM

Delzy.. You are the one who needs off here; there is no need for that kind of post! I have a 98 Deville with a head gasket issue, and have followed this thread daily, I need the help as well as the input. I don’t have the cash to go and have my Deville repaired. I’ll buy the Thermagasket instead of Steelseal ( Monday) because of the discussions and positive posts here, because of people like SJWoodsruff and rfishing discussing this topic like adults I feel comfortable as a female listening to them. I have fixed my ignition, my shocks and a couple of other issues myself thanks to this forum and those who take time out of their busy lives to post here and answer our questions.

rfishing · #40 (**permalink**) 10-28-05, 02:35 PM

Thank you, Its nice to know someone might benefit from this study. If one person benefits, then it is a worth while cause.

mcowden · #41 (**permalink**) 10-28-05, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by delzy

rfishing,

You are a complete and utter idiot. Please spend your time on the Mercedes forum. I try to keep up on this board and everytime yours is the most recent post, I don't come back for days. PLEASE LEAVE NOW!!

<- You

Delzy - there is a nice ignore feature of the board that you can use. I have several people on my ignore list for various reasons. You can put me on your ignore list if I'm annoying. If you want to ignore all posts by rfishing, just click here and you will see them no more:

http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...ignore&u=27020

No need to avoid the board because of one person!

sjwoodruff · #42 (**permalink**) 10-28-05, 06:59 PM

Okeedoke...here's the most recent update...

I hit the recommended 400 miles of travel on my way home from work Wednesday night. Car ran great for the 10 days or so I had the product in the system with no visible signs of coolant loss, hard starting or steaming.

On Thursday, we luckilly had some warmer (50 deg) weather and it was dry. I flushed and flushed and flushed, and then flushed the coolant system some more to remove as much of the thermagasket as possible. Not to belabor the point more than it needs to be, but it is darn near impossible to get everything out of the system because it seems like 4 quarts of fluid or so always remains in there. Anyway, when I thought I was close, I refilled with water, closed her up and drove for about 10 mins just to try and get everything mixed up really well. Flushed one last time. I'm pretty sure I have one of the cleanest 120K coolant systems on the planet right now

Refilled with an 80/20 Dex & distilled water mix and three supplement tabs at upper hose. Sure enough, the system took about 2 gallons to refill. By my math, figuring 4.5 quarts of latent pure water in the system , I should now be close to a 50/50 overall mix of water and coolant. Drove the car some more to make sure all the air was out. All OK. Drove again today and everything is good. Smooth start, no steam and coolant at the proper level in the surge tank.

I can see some of the tiny metallic pieces suspended in the coolant in the surge tank, so I know I wasn't able to remove all of it. I doubt this will cause a problem. I think the main concern would have been the other 'part' of the thermagasket mix. I'm pretty sure I'll be OK and maybe the small amount of the metallic particles will help the newly sealed area if it starts to go with colder weather.

If anyone has any questions for me, post and I'll reply. To this point, it seems to be working for me. Again, I can't predict how long this will last. Maybe a week - maybe a year...who knows?

Thermagasket apparently made a mistake and sent me an additional package of this stuff a couple days ago. Doesn't look like they billed me. I don't need another batch, so if anyone wants it for 1/2 price + $9 postage, I'll gladly part ways with it and save us both a little money in the process.

paintedalley · #43 (**permalink**) 10-29-05, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by sjwoodruff

Thermagasket apparently made a mistake and sent me an additional package of this stuff a couple days ago. Doesn't look like they billed me. I don't need another batch, so if anyone wants it for 1/2 price + $9 postage, I'll gladly part ways with it and save us both a little money in the process.

I was ordering my Thermagasket on Monday so I'd be really glad to discuss it with you

which set did they send you? how do I get in touch with you?

rfishing · #44 (**permalink**) 10-29-05, 02:57 AM

Thank you SJwoodruff for your explicit post. I have a friend that I am trying to contact about replacing my head gasket, and doing open and inspect as well. If he is reluctant, then I would consider purchasing from you. However I do see "Paintedally" is interested, so I withdraw my interest. Good luck Paintedally, I hope you will post your results on here as well. Please let everyone know how the thermagasket is holding up in a week or two SJwoodruff. Seems a lot interest in this case.