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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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over the past week my jeep has developed a leak in the radiator. its gotten kinda bad now to were i see my tire/suspention parts have gotten a little wet. so i know i should run something like a radiator leak stop but where should i poor it in at?? i was thinking of just pulling the big hose connected to the top of my block and poring whatever in. is this the correct path i should take to get it Directly into my block? and what kinda "radiator leak stop" should i use? what did you guys use? im curious.. thanks

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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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I have been found guilty of using bars leak available at any auto part store and it worked realy well. It fixed a 1/8 X1/4 inch split in my tank and held as long as I owned that truck. Alot of guys will tell you not to do it because it is made to plug things up and it does, some times the heater core or water jackets or other things you wouldnt want plugged but if I had to recomend something I would go with bars leak and regardless of what people say I will probably do it again. Just open radiator cap pour it in and drive.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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I use silver leak,it does a good job and does not clog up the radiator and heater core.
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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i ended up using some napa stuff and it worked great. no more leaks thanks guys for the input
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