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Emery Stora
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OK. What is it that you don’t believe? The size of the pellets or something else? :) :)
Emery Stora
> On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:38 PM, Todd Sullivan wrote:
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> Emery, would you please site more source data points as I am not sure I
> believe u.
> ;)
>
> Sully
> 77 eleganza 2
> Bellevue
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:46 PM Matt Colie wrote:
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>> Emery Stora wrote on Fri, 23 February 2018 13:31
>>> Don't use a stop leak that is in an oil base. Barrs and others sell
>> that. The oil can interfere with the antifoam additives in antifreeze. So
>>> be sure to use a dry powder.
>>>
>>> General Motors, for over at least the last 70 years has put stop leak
>> powder into their vehicles as a preventative measure. They use ground up
>>> ginger root. There used to be a Vernor's Ginger Ale factory in
>> Detroit. Someone found that ground up ginger root would seal up small
>> leaks but not
>>> harm the water pump or other internal engine parts. You can buy that
>> stop leak in pellets about 1" in diameter and 1/2" thick. Usually in the
>>> plastic bubble packs at the parts store.
>>>
>>> GM would put two pellets into a V-8 and one into a six cylinder on the
>> assembly line.and
>>> They are sold under the AC/Delco label and also other brands. Here is a
>> picture on Amazon:
>>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stop+leak+pellets
>>>
>>> Back in the 70's both DuPont with their Xerex antifreeze and Dow
>> Chemical's antifreeze advertised and sold jugs with stop leak already in the
>>> antifreeze. DuPont used tiny styrene plastic pellets (which were made
>> by Dow as water softener resin) and Dow used ginger root powder.
>>>
>>> Emery Stora
>>> 77 Kingsley
>>> Frederick, CO
>>
>> Just so you know not to waste the time and effort, Blackstone reported
>> that our engine had coolant in the lube oil. As soon as I saw that, I when
>> on
>> the offensive and both monitored coolant loss and did lube oil changes
>> regularly. I was still unsure, so I borrowed a cooling system tester and
>> put
>> pressure on the cold system for a day. It did lose some, but not a lot.
>> So, I loaded (I do mean loaded) with the Barrs Leak pellets. the next three
>> changes still showed coolant present.
>>
>> I case you weren't reading a few days ago, when I got the intake off,
>> there was a visible leak path.....
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> --
>> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
>> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
>> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
>> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>>
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