Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My main seal is leaking or its my oil pan... In any event - DO those stop leak products work?

Please advise on what kind works best? ThanksMy main seal is leaking or its my oil pan... In any event - DO those stop leak products work?
short answer is no. they just make eveything worse by plugging up the oil gallery.My main seal is leaking or its my oil pan... In any event - DO those stop leak products work?
First and the easiest is to re-torque the bolts on the oil pan and check the torque on the valve cover gaskets or valley cover. If that doesn't stop it and it looks like the oil pan replace the oil pan gasket and check the main seal. Now if the car is 100 thousand plus or the manufacture has a history of bad main seals, then replace it. I would go to a few places that will give you a FREE estimate and see which advice you agree with. ASK FOR A FREE ESTIMATE!! Do not let them take it apart then give you the estimate. Up on the rack they should be able to see where the leak is from.
Any temporary fix is just that, temporary. Stop leak products work by ';swelling'; a dried out gasket. They will only work until the gasket itself deteriorates. You are better off in the long run by replacing the gasket and/or seals and be done with it.
not on something like that it dont, theres alot of pressure on those seals and it will blow the sealer right out. best thing to do is drop the oil pan and change the seal and oil pan gasket.
NO! NO! NO!


Your wasteing your time and money on stop leaks.


They might work just long enough to sell the car and then the leak comes back.


Been there done that.
I would not put that stuff in my engine oil it is very bad for your engine . Save up get the repair done right.
DO THE RIGHT THING FIRST AND IT WILL NOT BOTHER DOWN THE ROAD. IM SURE YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE!
sometimes mostly not i would replace gasket and seals and not wast money on stop leak

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