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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 04:03 AM
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has anyone used kseal for head gasket repair did it work
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 05:49 AM
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this is strange overheated 2 days ago no water in system refilled drove 1/4 mile overheated again no water yet again filled it this morning started and lots of white smoke no water in oil side filler cap clean system not leaking from anywhere i can see have just got back from a few miles drive to get some kseal but now jeeps running at lower temp than the last 4 years iv had it no smoke have added kseal just in case will go out again today for a run but no idea what has happened any ideas of what problem could be
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 07:19 AM
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Don't put that junk in your engine.

Replace the head gasket if it's blown...
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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^ x2. Most of that stuff will just block things up.
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 09:27 AM
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If I were you I would stop driving it before you destroy the engine. Don't put any of that stop leak crap it her. Also you may be having low readings on the temp because you don't have enough water to get to the sensor.
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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just to let peps know in uk head gasket fix will be around $1500 if i can find someone to do it my usual garage wont touch it,have nowhere to do it myself and the jeeps my daily driver only vehicle i have so if it off the road im stuck and cant work as i carry all my tools ladders on it, mint 4.0 with low miles would only be around $2500 so wouldnt be worth repairing i have used the k seal and within 2 mins white smoke stopped have been driving around in traffic its using no coolant no smoke on startup from cold temp normal heater working engine running sweet idle fine im amazed have read many reviews and all good it only reacts to air so stays fluid will keep an eye on levels and will update when iv done a few hundred miles
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