Best radiator stop leak.

[callmefence]

I like the original bars but I haven't user any in years . Anything better?

 

[dun]

I always liked the fine aluminum powder stuff that came in the little cardboard tube.

 

[Nesikep]

What dun said.. easy to store, use, and it's effective and cheap.. I keep a couple in my truck, as much for myself as for anyone else who needs it

 

[M-5]

Solder iron or cut and crimp the leaking flue

 

[ddd75]

I always liked the fine aluminum powder stuff that came in the little cardboard tube.

bingo

 

[Son of Butch]

I always liked the fine aluminum powder stuff that came in the little cardboard tube.

bingo

Sounds like Aluma-Seal Stop Leak, but there are probably other brands that are the same thing.

 

[wbvs58]

I can recall someone telling me how ground pepper was the ants pants.

Ken

 

[snoopdog]

silver solder, unless of course the leak is on a plastic tank

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Can of black pepper.

 

[dun]

Can of black pepper.

In a pinch I've heard people claim that a couple of raw eggs will work.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

I have saw the black pepper work.

 

[D2Cat]

Flax seed was/is the main ingredient in some of the radiator stop leaks.

Probably grid some up and make your own!

 

[callmefence]

Thanks and keep on going

Fwiw the Barr's is holding right now. John Deere 2640 well do a proper repair but hopefully it'll hold for a few weeks.

 

[dun]

Years ago I used some stuff that had little pellets in it that looked like tarry licorice. A month or so later the water pump froze up. When I took it off the pump was packed with stuff that looked like thread. Checked the stop leak and that has what was squeezed into the little tarry licorice looking pieces. Don;t remember the name but that's when I went back to the silver shaving looking stuff

 

[callmefence]

Years ago I used some stuff that had little pellets in it that looked like tarry licorice. A month or so later the water pump froze up. When I took it off the pump was packed with stuff that looked like thread. Checked the stop leak and that has what was squeezed into the little tarry licorice looking pieces. Don;t remember the name but that's when I went back to the silver shaving looking stuff

Sounds like Barr's.

 

[D2Cat]

Ya, those little pellets is what Barr's Leak was. Poured out in lumps!

 

[dun]

Ya, those little pellets is what Barr's Leak was. Poured out in lumps!

What about the thread?

 

[Nesikep]

Last spring the IH684 got a rad leak.. not a very nice job to do, so I poured a can of the Aluma-seal in it... a year later I have never yet added more coolant to it.. for as much as I care until it leaks again, I'm not fiddling with it

 

[Ouachita]

Black pepper......until you can get it fixed right.

 

[sstterry]

Careful with the stop leak, particularly the tary stuff. I will clog up the heater core if you use too much (I speak from experience)