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Repairing Head Gasket
October 25, 2010
The head gasket of my hyundai accent was repaired using some sort of liquid/solution sealer as I could not afford to pay £550 or so fees to have the engine taken out. Now the car does not overheat anymore, however, a friend told me that is only a temporary fix. He says it will eventually go wrong again. 1). – How reliable is of fixing the head gasket by using this liquid sealer? 2). – if it realiable, doing long distance trips (300 miles) in one trip will cause it to blow he head gasket? All your knowleable answers are much appreciated. Thanks. Basically… If it is not leaking compression,it will work. You can have a leak like oil to water and it will work.
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It's not very reliable at all. My mate bought a car that had it's head gasket done with the liqiud solution and it went afer less than a week of driving. Anyway, whoever told you the engine needed to be taken out to replace the head gasket? That is false as you can do it very easily with the engine in place. How do you think they did it in the first place??
Comment by Dharmu Camry — October 26, 2010 @ 6:52 am
I’ve used this “fix in a bottle” solution three times now, each time with good results.
In the case of two of the cars, I ended up driving thousands of miles before finally getting around to “doing it properly”. when the heads were removed, the “gunk” showed no sign of failing. One card was a BMW 525 and was NOT driven gently all the time either.
The third was my Supra, it was happy running this “gunk” for a short time (nitroused turbo) and again when the gasket was replaced, it showed NO sign of having been about fail.
Times have moved on and these “fix in a bottle” cures have become better than they used to be, It ight be a good idea to set aside some money for the car just in case, but so long as you do not REALLY rag the engine HARD all the time and/or let it run out of water and overheat, then I would not be in the slightest bit surprised to hear that you went 10,000 miles or more before needing to apply another bottle of gunk
300 miles should not worry it in the very slightest.
Comment by Marcalo Johnson — October 26, 2010 @ 7:57 am
I wouldn't expect it to last very long.
I would expect it to get eaten away bit by bit until it blows again.
I guess the engine needs stripping so that it can be machined, but is it the cylinder head that is damaged or the cylinder block. They must have taken the head off to put in the sealer, so I guess it must be the block.
If its only the head, it shouldn't be too much of a job.
Comment by Wizard Birdman — October 26, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
as far as I know. . . .
the car manufacturers forbid to use liquid sealers to fix gaskets. . . all such sealers have chemicals that damage the metal of head. . .
it may work OK on long drives if the car doesn't heat up
Comment by Florida Durham — October 26, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
Putting a band-aid on a cut won't make the cut go away, it just stops the bleeding. I would consider the sealer a temporary fix and make arrangements to have the service performed. Any trip is risky in this situation. The funny thing about sealers is that you never know how long they will last. Could be hours, could be months, I've even heard of rare cases lasting years. The problem is that when it goes the problem could be a lot worse and leave you stranded with a possibly larger repair bill. Lots of risks involved. You just have to decided if those are risks you can afford to take.
Comment by A. Dree — October 26, 2010 @ 7:48 pm
Depends where the head gasket leak is. If the leak is between the water gallery and the cylinder, it won't fix it. If the leak is between the water gallery and the oil gallery, or the head gasket is visibly losing water externally, then it might fix it. For how long it stays fixed – not sure. I once used a liquid sealer to fix a hairline crack in the water jacket of an engine block. That was 5 years ago and it hasn't leaked since.
Comment by Alex Lowell — October 27, 2010 @ 1:50 am
How long is a piece of string?
A leaking head gasket will lead to the water pouring out of your exhaust pipe while you are pouring it into the front on the nearest garage forecourt.
No joke for you but it will raise a smile which is rare these days.
Buy a manual and do it yourself for a tenner and tighten the nuts in the right sequence and torque, which was probably the cause of it in the first place.
You don't need to repair or adjust anything.
Comment by Lyz Fujiyama — October 27, 2010 @ 12:08 pm
I once had problems with a peugeot 405 deisel head gasket. The head was ever so slightly warped and I couldent afford to get the job done properly. I used some liquid sealer which worked for about a year. I cannot remember the brand of the product I used but basically I flushed the coolant replaced with new coolant and added this solution and ran the engine to operating temperature. It was only temporary and failed after about a year.
In short your solution is only temporary but it will give enough time to save up to do the job properly or if your really cannot afford it then buy a Haynes manual and do the job yourself. If you do this though I would reccomend starting with some more simple jobs before hand as removing a cylinder head is quite tricky and labour intensive. First time it took me weeks to do it, now I can do the job in less than a weekend!!
Comment by Ursula Burbank — October 27, 2010 @ 5:21 pm
you can’t repair a blown cylinder head this way – take it off and carefully sand both surfaces with medium paper and clean properly. if its a six cylinder or a diesel it will need skimming by a proffesional engine reconditioner. dont use gasket glue as this interferes with the gasket bonding
Comment by Valen — October 27, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
Although the manuals will tell you to fit a dry gasket if you have any doubts coat both sides of the gasket with 'Osotite' – Halfords again – just before you fit it. That makes a really good seal even if the head is slightly warped.
RoyS
Comment by Grace Jackson — October 28, 2010 @ 6:46 am