The submarine story I believe is either in the Barr's leak packaging,
or in a leaflet they produced. It (they story) has been around for
decades. Many new cars use it, or similar in their new off the
factory floor cars and trucks. A little is good, a lot, not.
Peter C.
At 07:08 AM 3/10/2006, you wrote:
>Terry,
> Just last weekend, Click & Clack, the Car Talk guys on NPR, were
>talking about this. They related that some years ago a reactor leak in a
>US submarine just could not be located. The skipper sent out for Barr's
>Leak ( or some other compound ) that effectively cured the problem.
> MG mentions the use of Barrs somewhere in its mid 1970s tech
>bulletins. One infers that they were having radiator or waterpump issues
>then.
> I used it once, successfully, in a weeping radiator of an S-10
>Chevrolet. Use per directions, just one can at most. It may well do the
>trick for you in the unpressurised NA system.
>Bob
>
>
>On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:18:33 EST TATERRY@aol.com writes:
> > Has anyone on the lists experience with the various radiator "stop
> > leaks"
> > componds......or a preference of one over the other? I finally got
> > the old NA
> > started after all these years and wuoldn't you know it, the radiator
> > is
> > leaking....and I did have it pressure tested a few years back.
> > Looking for a miracle
> > cure before pulling it for repair!
> > Terry in Oakland
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