Steel Seal head gasket repair?
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i used it on a rover 25 that had an obvious classic head gasket fault,it worked perfectly ,to be honest i was amazed and it stayed repaired for months until the day i sold it and its still running around today 2 years later ...as it says on the bottle guaranteed to repair your head gasket or you get a full refund ...can't argue with that
I used to work in a car parts shop an when we first got it in to sell we were dubious...
But after selling maybe 4-5 bottles a week for circa £30 a bottle customers only ever came back telling us it worked.
In fact one customer , Del Boy type started buying rovers with head gasket failures for pennies , throwing in a bottle of steel seal and then selling them for decent profits.
However I'm sure there are failure stories aswell but I've never heard any .
Dk
But after selling maybe 4-5 bottles a week for circa £30 a bottle customers only ever came back telling us it worked.
In fact one customer , Del Boy type started buying rovers with head gasket failures for pennies , throwing in a bottle of steel seal and then selling them for decent profits.
However I'm sure there are failure stories aswell but I've never heard any .
Dk
I used steel seal on my ex- mother in laws 1.0 Corsa, They are in their 80's and do about 5 miles a week, They were quoted £600 to do the head gasket. Its best to drain and flush the cooling system and then mix it with new antifreeze and pour it in 50/50 with water and let the car idle for an hour, It worked, They are happy as for a total outlay of £60 incl oil and filter change the car no longer consumes coolant and they can keep using it rather than scrapping it. Only downside with this stuff working is how many cars are for sale that have had it done?!
Edited by klunkT5 on Thursday 20th November 09:55
klunkT5 said:
Only downside with this stuff working is how many cars are for sale that have had it done?!
Well, if it works, why is that a downside at all?Steel Seal I've no experience of, but K-Seal certainly solved a clear cylinder-to-waterway head gasket failure on a friend's E46. A year and 10k later it's still like it never happened!
What it obviously won't solve is a head gasket leak which doesn't involve a waterway, eg. between two cylinders.
13 months ago my daughters Rover 25 had HGF.
Water and oil bubbling out between the head and block, running down onto the exhaust.
It failed in the city centre, and I got it home, stopping 3 times to let it cool, top it up with coolant. (7 miles).
Someone suggested that I try Steel Seal. I thought that it would be snake oil, but for £30 with a money back guarantee, I thought what the hell.
I followed the instructions to the letter.
Drained 7 litres of chocolate milkshake from the sump. Changed the filter and threw a gallon of used (from the TVR - done 3000 miles) oil in. (I'm a good Yorkshire man, me)
Well 8000 miles later and it's still running well.
Water and oil bubbling out between the head and block, running down onto the exhaust.
It failed in the city centre, and I got it home, stopping 3 times to let it cool, top it up with coolant. (7 miles).
Someone suggested that I try Steel Seal. I thought that it would be snake oil, but for £30 with a money back guarantee, I thought what the hell.
I followed the instructions to the letter.
Drained 7 litres of chocolate milkshake from the sump. Changed the filter and threw a gallon of used (from the TVR - done 3000 miles) oil in. (I'm a good Yorkshire man, me)
Well 8000 miles later and it's still running well.
I used it successfully on an old Peugeot 306 Hdi Diesel, and a Mate used it on his P38 Range Rover, when he came to rebuild the V8 "properly" about 2 years later, he did say that he had great trouble removing on of the spark plugs, and put it down to the "Steel Seal"
Now more interesting it's actually know as "Water Glass" and can be picked up a lot cheaper !....I just stuck this in Ebay as a random example, but I'm sure another mate of mine got it even cheaper, and is still running around in the Citroen that it fixed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500ml-Water-glass-Sodium...
I probably wouldn't use it on anything too precious, or expensive.....but on a cheap car that otherwise is uneconomical to repair, there's probably noting to loose.
Now more interesting it's actually know as "Water Glass" and can be picked up a lot cheaper !....I just stuck this in Ebay as a random example, but I'm sure another mate of mine got it even cheaper, and is still running around in the Citroen that it fixed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500ml-Water-glass-Sodium...
I probably wouldn't use it on anything too precious, or expensive.....but on a cheap car that otherwise is uneconomical to repair, there's probably noting to loose.
i have used the steel seal on 3 cars and 2 trucks one duramax diesel engine all worked no matter if all the stuff bubbled out like in duramax terrible amount of bubbles flying out the puke tank, dumped two bottles in went for a drive overheated like crazy blowing everything out through overflow, thought this thing isnt gonna drive anymore, needed to move it one day probably two months passed and while moving it noticed no bubbles in tank filled it up and went for a drive and it was fixed i sh$t you not i personally drove it another 10k miles and never once added water to it...this is honest to god reality,
just got done with a 2010 mazda 6 159k on it, fixed!
2005 chevy cobalt water in oil and oil in water 190k...fixed
1998 pontiac grand prix 140k ...fixed!
1994 chevy silverado 120k...fixed!
2006 gmc Duramax 2500HD 300k+ unbelievable hands down never thought in a million years it would work on high compression diesel engine.
anyone want to call BS i have friends not happy with me that i bought the vehicles from for almost nothing and to see their faces when driving it tells it all , i told them they wouldnt listen...not my fault, to the point of almost smash n crash the vehicles cause it wasnt leaving my yard without paid in full...
just got done with a 2010 mazda 6 159k on it, fixed!
2005 chevy cobalt water in oil and oil in water 190k...fixed
1998 pontiac grand prix 140k ...fixed!
1994 chevy silverado 120k...fixed!
2006 gmc Duramax 2500HD 300k+ unbelievable hands down never thought in a million years it would work on high compression diesel engine.
anyone want to call BS i have friends not happy with me that i bought the vehicles from for almost nothing and to see their faces when driving it tells it all , i told them they wouldnt listen...not my fault, to the point of almost smash n crash the vehicles cause it wasnt leaving my yard without paid in full...
As others have mentioned it will work on some engines but not others.
The best way to use it is drain and flush the cooling system refill ,and run up to temperature. Pour in the Steel Seal and as per instructions run at idle for 30 mins keeping an eye on the coolant level. Switch off and leave the car overnight until stone cold. This allows it to set.
I used it on a Rover K series for someone which was blowing water from the exhaust. At idle the misfire stopped and once left overnight the engine was fine. The guy kept the car for a further 2 years before selling it on. It was a Rover 214.
The best way to use it is drain and flush the cooling system refill ,and run up to temperature. Pour in the Steel Seal and as per instructions run at idle for 30 mins keeping an eye on the coolant level. Switch off and leave the car overnight until stone cold. This allows it to set.
I used it on a Rover K series for someone which was blowing water from the exhaust. At idle the misfire stopped and once left overnight the engine was fine. The guy kept the car for a further 2 years before selling it on. It was a Rover 214.
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