spridget bill green Maine (68 posts) Registered: 03/22/2008 01:29PM Main British Car: 3 1980 TR8, 1 TR7 2 Bugeye Sprite 1 MG midget TR8 3.5 and 5.0, Sprite 1098 and ? |
Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
What are the thoughts on using the conditioner Subaru puts in all their engines, in the Rover/GM Aluminum engines. Would this help seal cracked blocks?
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Sidecardoug Doug Rowe Northern Nevada (51 posts) Registered: 07/04/2012 05:09PM Main British Car: 1969 TR-6 Ford 302 |
Re: Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
For some reason, Subaru quit carrying this fluid. My local dealer is one of the largest volume dealers in the country, and they are no longer able to source it. I find this somewhat disconcerting, as I purchased a reman engine through NAPA for my sister-in-law's 2002 Outback, and there was the little blue bottle, along with a notice that failure to use the fluid would void her 3 year unlimited mile warranty.
I could find no explanation from Subaru regarding the fluid. |
88v8 Ivor Duarte Gloucestershire UK (1041 posts) Registered: 02/11/2010 04:29AM Main British Car: 1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8 |
Re: Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
K-Seal will seal corroded heads leaking head gaskets weeping core plugs and I dare say cracked blocks.
[www.kseal.com] It seals so well that it will even try to seal the drain tap when you change the coolant. Last time I drained the previous RV8, which had weeping core plugs at the back of the block, I had to remove the whole drain tap from the rad before I could get the coolant out, and it wasn't a rusted relic, it was a new tap ! Ivor |
spridget bill green Maine (68 posts) Registered: 03/22/2008 01:29PM Main British Car: 3 1980 TR8, 1 TR7 2 Bugeye Sprite 1 MG midget TR8 3.5 and 5.0, Sprite 1098 and ? |
Re: Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
I think Amazon still sells the Subaru "conditioner".
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302GT Larry Shimp (240 posts) Registered: 11/17/2007 01:13PM Main British Car: 1968 MGB GT Ford 302 crate engine |
Re: Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
Amazon still sells this. I had a Subaru WRX and always used the conditioner except for one time when I had the timing belt replaced by a shop that said they would use the conditioner but actually used a generic sealer. About 3 months later I noticed the first signs of a head gasket leak and I immediately put in two containers of "conditioner". Problem was solved instantly and I drove the car for another year before finally selling it (240,000 miles). I use it routinely in all my older cars as insurance. It has never caused any problems.
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Subaru "conditioner" in BOP engines
I've had good luck with K-Seal
Jim |
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