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Over 180 miles on the M CLASS since Saturday. Hasn't used a bit of coolant, oil cap super clean, oil looks great. That Bars Leak head gasket fix seems to be working. Before it would've used over a gallon of coolant by now.
Congratulations -- you are now officially a "Shade Tree Mechanic" and entitled to all the honor and rights that come with the position.......
I'm up in OKC today and looking out my hotel room window the sky looks pretty threatening -- hope it doesn't screw-up my flight back to Houston today.....
Coy, make sure the heater still works. That stuff can clog up the valve that sends coolant to the heater core, if it is even cracked open just a little it will seal it up. Run that sucker at full heat the next time you drive it.
I have never had much luck with Mechanic in a can products..........but sometimes you get lucky.
Already done it. Blows extremely hot, I was concerned with the heater core and overheating. But so far no problems at all. Yesterday was 95 degrees and it ran at 82 degrees Celsius which is what it's always been at.
Congratulations -- you are now officially a "Shade Tree Mechanic" and entitled to all the honor and rights that come with the position.......
As long as it works. Generally I'd never touch stuff like this but with the body damage and being 18 years old it's not worth anything to speak of. Sure isn't worth over 2k in repair for head gasket replacement. If it keeps working I'm going to grab a fender and door, get it painted around $500 total and it'll be a nice little in town cruiser. Only has 102k miles.
Yall be careful around the ft worth area, sounds like it's going to get bad. We're just on the edge of it and it'll probably develope to the east by a few miles.
As long as it works. Generally I'd never touch stuff like this but with the body damage and being 18 years old it's not worth anything to speak of. Sure isn't worth over 2k in repair for head gasket replacement. If it keeps working I'm going to grab a fender and door, get it painted around $500 total and it'll be a nice little in town cruiser. Only has 102k miles.
