How Steel Seal Can Fix A Leaking Head Gasket.

Scotty Kilmer, emmy award winning car talk expert and mechanic for the past forty plus years, shows how you can seal head gasket leaks in your engine without taking the engine apart. For answers to all your car questions Free, just visit www.scottykilmer.com

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Steel
• Seal
• Gasket
• Sealer
• Head
• gasket
• leaks

[coldkidc]

Hey Scotty,

I have a 2005 Chevy Aveo - the gaskets aren't real good on it (they went el-cheapo with everything on this car and I've already fixed the common things that break on it like the thermostat housing and the splice pack).

My valve cover gasket is bad so I'm going to replace it myself but I was wondering what your thoughts were on using Steel Seal preemptively just in case my head gasket isn't far behind. 

[scottykilmer]

@coldkidc as long as the coolant is clean, I'd use it.

[zellmer]

Do you only recommend Steel Seal? There's a handful of products for similar purposes from the Blue Devil stuff for gasket's, to the many products from Bars that are supposed to stop issues like small coolant leaks. There's a lot of personal opinions and "guessing" that it won't help, but I'd like to hear what you think for those after recommending Steel Seal. Thanks

[scottykilmer]

@zellmer I've tried others, and they didn't work for me and often clogged stuff up. This is the only one I will use anymore

[viziuz64]

Can be fix a leak from the water pump with steel seal???!

[scottykilmer]

@viziuz64 No, it's for head gaskets only. Water pump seals are on moving shafts, nothing will seal them for long, replace the pump.

[scottykilmer]

@ykmalachi don't know where you live, but here in houston it's well over ten times that price. Perhaps you live in China where labor is cheap.

[scottykilmer]

@koglowa There was a stop sign there after all. I'm not a law breaker. But I do talk a lot, and over 10 million people have been listening. 44 years of fixing em gives me the right to do the talking, what's your reason?

[hardstyleloverjjj]

epic redneck old man is epic

[coldkidc]

@coldkidc Oh yeah - I'm doing the timing belt & serpentine belt (with tensioners & pulleys) as well so I'll have fresh coolant...figured it'd be a good time to add it if you thought it was a good idea...

[scottykilmer]

@RapShap heat makes em expand, so maybe. Me, I'd put permatex the right stuff on that to seal it better though, that stuff always works.

[RapShap]

Hey Scotty.As i told you earlier i own a 6th gen Honda Civic.Few days ago my thermostat housing was leaking.When i opened it the rubber gasket was not in a good shape.I bought a used one which is in perfect condition and replaced it with the old one.Just after i replaced it the coolant/water was leaking but very very slowly.And now it's not at all leaking.Specially when the car is at normal temperature it wont leak.What i want to ask that will it leak when the car's engine temperature stays cold