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Long story and I'm going to make it short. I had a small crack in my water jacket and I listened to an old school guy. He told me to put bars leak in it and now this thing runs hot and spills out of the overflow tube. Will a radiator flush help? Do you think bars leak clogged the POS out of my engine?
Thanks,
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I don't like that stuff, you may have to find a short block.
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Is coolant flowing? Upper radiator hose warm?
Could be thermostat stuck
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I'm going to pull the thermostat and see if it is garbage. Hopefully that is it.
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I run about a half bottle of bars leaks in both old cars to keep things clean. It really helps prevent antifreeze from weeping out of gaskets during the long winter months.
Never had a problem.
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Not a big fan of the bars leak,like any other additive,it's a band-aid
66 Coronet 500 convertible 440,727,2500 stall,was 430 hp, we ain't got a clue now, just get in and enjoy the rumble
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I think what has happened is last year I put it in and started having my problems after that. I'm going to change out my hoses, thermostat and heater core after I flush it out then put my 7 blade max cooling fan that I bought at Carlisle last year. Hopefully this will fix it.
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Get your radiator "rodded". The radiator shop will rwmove the tanks and run a tool theough the inside of each core tube to clean them out, reinstall the tanks and paint it black.
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BeerHey Warhawk,what size exhaust you running? I had all kinds of overheating issues till I went to a 3" exhaust, did all the things you are doing and still ran hot,no problems now
66 Coronet 500 convertible 440,727,2500 stall,was 430 hp, we ain't got a clue now, just get in and enjoy the rumble
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Also check the system operating pressure. Put radiator pressure tester on a cold system and start the car. If the pressure rapidly rises, you have combustion gases leaking into the cooling system.
