I had used Bar's Leak in my 300SE/89. Seems It is still working two years
on. no oily residues in the tank
mak
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Subject: [MBZ] BARS LEAKS HEAD GASKET SEALA
BARS LEAKS HEAD GASKET SEALANT?
Not a snowball's chance in the bad place.
The gasket is falling apart, you need to get a new one. This isn't a
particularly bad job -- but you need to replace the valve guide seals
when you have the head off. That will cure your oil consumption
along with
Ok Don wrote: "Nope - I think it was Snook. I put Bars Leak in a radiator in
the late '60's, and will never do such again."
Wasn't me. When the head gasket went on my 300SEL, it was EXTREME. I got oil
in the coolant and there was no hope for saving it without the gasket -
actually it needed a
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Folks:
My 300TE has a leaking head gasket. You can smell coolant out the
pipe, see a bit of steam on s
Nope - I think it was Snook. I put Bars Leak in a radiator in the late
'60's, and will never do such again. Fix it right --
>> I dimly remember someone--was it OK Don?
>> --saying they'd used it or something similar on a 300SEL for many
>> tens of thousands of miles and it worked, but I'd love co
Not a snowball's chance in the bad place.
The gasket is falling apart, you need to get a new one. This isn't a
particularly bad job -- but you need to replace the valve guide seals
when you have the head off. That will cure your oil consumption
along with a new camshaft seal and front cove
Folks:
My 300TE has a leaking head gasket. You can smell coolant out the
pipe, see a bit of steam on startup, and the #1 plug got so fouled
with other-than-oil calcified coolant crud that it stopped firing the
other day.
While I was buying a new plug, I noticed a sale on Bars Leaks brand
