I just wanted to post this in this section, to whatever mod finds this, please don't move it so people will find it IF they actually search.

This seems to be the most popular section for a blown HG or warped head. I made a post a while back about this and told everyone that I'd make another post with the results. changing a head gasket can not only be very time consuming for a noob, but also a little expensive as rarely it's just a head gasket. Usually due to excess overheating and what not a head will end up cracked or warped. Now I don't normally suggest pouring gunk into your engine, but I have had experience with this and can tell you it does work. Here are my results


Blue devil
This blue devil liquid has worked excellent. I have personally used it on my 84 celica and it lasted 6 months, after 6 month i had to take my **** apart due to a broken timing chain and just figured while i had it apart I'd replace the whole HG and get the head shaved.
Also i have personally used this on my civic, it worked great, i didn't have to buy a new HG or get my head shaved from the shop, which normally after all parts for the gasket set and shop charges costs around $300. This was done almost 9 months ago, and is still running great with no leaks whatsoever.
I also took the left over bottle of this stuff (i only used half on my civic) and poured it into my mom's boyfriends 94 4runner. It has since not had a single problem, and his was to the point that he was putting water in it every 2 days. That was 3 months ago. My mom's boyfriend (he works on cars) has suggested this product to a few of his friends and they have also all had good fortune with it.

I can not stress enough however, this is for small gaps, a somewhat warped or slightly damaged head, or gasket. Even small radiator leaks. Please, please, if you know you have a seriously messed up head that blew up and left you stranded, DO NOT USE THIS. Spend the extra mopney, and take it to a shop. This is to prevent a somewhat warped head from getting worse and fix the damage, regardless of what the bottle may say.

For $65 though, I keep a bottle in the garage for me or my friends just in case.


AlumAseal
This small canister of powder containing metal adhesive components is a quick fix. pouring this into your radiator will briefly solve you problem for a few days, perhaps even a week, unfortunately the same materials that were used 10 years ago are no longer used to make this product and it has only gone downhill. Maybe throw this in to drive you home, and only if it's a very minor gasket seal problem. I do not suggest for a warped head.

for less than $5 a canister, it may be worth it to keep on in your car for small radiator leaks, that's about all though.

 

That's like putting a bandaide on a gunshot wound. If it was so great, Honda would use it for blown headgaskets

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HeikDiesel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's like putting a bandaide on a gunshot wound. If it was so great, Honda would use it for blown headgaskets</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not for a fully blown headgasket they wouldn't. Like I said, it's for small problems, slow leaks, and semi warped heads.

Also, FYI, it was a honda mechanic whom originally suggested it to me. Told me honda won't use it because they can charge more to put a new OEM part on, but that he had great experience with it on his friends cars. I was weary because it sounded too good to be true, so I asked a few mechanics i know that don't work on just hondas, he said he sometimes used it, and he knew another mechanic that owned his own shop that would use it on minor problems, and charge for fixing the whole thing. Obviously I'll never take my car to his shop, but he said that it was good enough that people would never know the difference.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by austinkli &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
he knew another mechanic that owned his own shop that would use it on minor problems, and charge for fixing the whole thing. Obviously I'll never take my car to his shop, but he said that it was good enough that people would never know the difference.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yet another reason I do all my own work. You can say it fixes minor problems but I'm still gonna say it's a temporary fix for a pending massive problem. I dunno about you, but I'd do a headgasket on my GSR rather than risk messing a lot more up because I was cheap and lazy

 

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Yet another reason I do all my own work. You can say it fixes minor problems but I'm still gonna say it's a temporary fix for a pending massive problem. I dunno about you, but I'd do a headgasket on my GSR rather than risk messing a lot more up because I was cheap and lazy</TD></TR></TABLE>
on my gsr, yea. But that's why I posted it in this forum and not the tegs. a good portion of people in here don't have swaps, and like I said, it depends. yea alumaseal is only a temp fix. The blue devil on the other hand, that's why I waited 9 months to post this and check my results first, so I could tell wether or not it was a quick short term fix. Anyway, I know there will be haters on this. Can't say I blame you. I wouldn't normally suggest pouring **** down my radiator, and I'd be pretty skeptical to do so. That's why I wanted to make this thread for people.

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Yet another reason I do all my own work. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Me too homie. I feel better knowing I didn't get ripped off by some jack *** mechanic and I just plain like doing my own ****.

 

Well what that stuff is good for is also clogging up the heater core on top of not really sealing anything up such as a head gasket.

Are these the same people that sell compression in a can?

 

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Are these the same people that sell compression in a can?
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I don't think so. I haven't checked out their other products, nor do i care about their other products.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5-EH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well what that stuff is good for is also clogging up the heater core </TD></TR></TABLE>
It did not clog mine. Nor the 4 runner I put it in. I haven't heard from anyone that I suggested it to that it did, though I can't be certian that it didn't as most of them wouldn't really know if it did or not.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5-EH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">on top of not really sealing anything up such as a head gasket.
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it sealed mine just fine, as well as 2 other cars. Mine is the only one that I know it sealed long term as the others were done somewhat recently.

 

will my popps put some stuff like that in his VW and it work for a little then he had to change the head gasket anyway and when we did there was sooo much **** around the cylinder hole look like throw up

just my .02 cents

 

that **** will contaminate your fluids, and is a temp fix.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGandDArida &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">will my popps put some stuff like that in his VW and it work for a little then he had to change the head gasket anyway and when we did there was sooo much **** around the cylinder hole look like throw up

just my .02 cents </TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly.

The only reason to put this in your car would be for a quick sale of your car

Once this crap goes into your engine- everything is ruined. WHen you FINALLY do the repair correctly- most everything needs to be changed- hoses, heater core, o rings, MAJOR cleaning, etc.

This stuff is garbage....just a scheme for people to make money.

 

Yeah, but what do we know?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5-EH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, but what do we know?

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Not much I guess??

After all these years of replacing head gaskets on non VTEC 88-95 engines, I could have just added some Blue Devil! Silly me

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Evs-One &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Not much I guess??

After all these years of replacing head gaskets on non VTEC 88-95 engines, I could have just added some Blue Devil! Silly me </TD></TR></TABLE>

Too bad not everyone knows how to replace a HG or has the money to have a mechanic do so. Like I said, it's not the best idea in the world, but so far, I've gone through all my hoses, and haven't had any gunk in them. Haven't had to clean anything out yet, nothing. Now i've experimented with some of the other products, and they are ****. exactly as you say. this so far is the only one i'd trust.

 

Do you work for Blue Devil??

How do you know your head gasket was bad to begin with??

 

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Too bad not everyone knows how to replace a HG or has the money to have a mechanic do so. </TD></TR></TABLE>

A $100 set of craftsman tools and a $60 Helms manual and a monkey could figure out how to do a head gasket. It's really not THAT hard

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Evs-One &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you work for Blue Devil??

How do you know your head gasket was bad to begin with??</TD></TR></TABLE>

No i do not work for blue devil, i don't even know what other products they make.

I know my headgasket was bad because I bubbles in my overflow, and antifreeze where I should have had just oil.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by austinkli &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

No i do not work for blue devil, i don't even know what other products they make.

I know my headgasket was bad because I bubbles in my overflow, and antifreeze where I should have had just oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so, it would have been a crack somewhere, that got plugged, correct??

I won't believe the hype until I saw leakdown test before and after

 

nice..........