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[dave the builder]

Many moons ago I put radweld in one of my cars (I forget which) and forgot about it for the two years or so till I traded it. Cars were much more simple then, not so many things to get clogged by it.

Ahh yes, one of the must have items in the Holts " Sell your car" kit, along with Gungum, Isopon and Tyre black. 

Isopon P38 filler is expensive  , wet bread ,newspaper ,gaffer tape or anything to hand ,and a good coat of underseal (sand and old paint) provides adequate visual enhancement to achieve a sale 
silicone dash spray and a magic tree air freshener to hide the stench
and sawdust to keep that pesky diff quiet for the test drive 

[STEMO]

Many moons ago I put radweld in one of my cars (I forget which) and forgot about it for the two years or so till I traded it. Cars were much more simple then, not so many things to get clogged by it.

Ahh yes, one of the must have items in the Holts " Sell your car" kit, along with Gungum, Isopon and Tyre black. 

Isopon P38 filler is expensive  , wet bread ,newspaper ,gaffer tape or anything to hand ,and a good coat of underseal (sand and old paint) provides adequate visual enhancement to achieve a sale 
silicone dash spray and a magic tree air freshener to hide the stench
and sawdust to keep that pesky diff quiet for the test drive 

But remember to remove the magic tree before.............


Answers on a postcard please. 

[henryd]

this stuff works
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/233222217957?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233222217957&targetid=520070937773&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006785&poi=&campaignid=6466484585&mkgroupid=76351784566&rlsatarget=aud-498165878543:pla-520070937773&abcId=1139366&merchantid=7397344&gclid=CjwKCAjw2qHsBRAGEiwAMbPoDGg3lUV2ag8T7j5y7ffMpJ4amTOkHntBLPMI4OY7XlvpR9Jr3X0YnxoCbQIQAvD_BwE

Customer tried it on an old shitter that he was going to scrap and it ran on for 2 years until the mot put paid to it,engine was still ok and it wasn't usable before adding that concoction

[dave the builder]

But remember to remove the magic tree before.............

Answers on a postcard please. 

I'm poor and can't afford a postage stamp 
BUT
remove magic tree before .....
MOT

"driver's view of the road obscured"
or
on the road driving  clicky   

[STEMO]

But remember to remove the magic tree before.............

Answers on a postcard please. 

I'm poor and can't afford a postage stamp 
BUT
remove magic tree before .....
MOT

"driver's view of the road obscured"
or
on the road driving  clicky   

Oh dear, Dave, we don't mention things like that on here. Not since a certain grumpy admin got failed on an MOT for it, anyway. Been nice knowin ya 

[Bigron]

When we had tax discs, we were instructed to place them on the lower left hand side of the windscreen so that plod/traffic wardens could persecute prosecute us.

Ron,

[dave the builder]

But remember to remove the magic tree before.............

Answers on a postcard please. 

I'm poor and can't afford a postage stamp 
BUT
remove magic tree before .....
MOT

"driver's view of the road obscured"
or
on the road driving  clicky   

Oh dear, Dave, we don't mention things like that on here. Not since a certain grumpy admin got failed on an MOT for it, anyway. Been nice knowin ya 

oh dear 
poor chap
it could be argued that the NT should have picked up the obscured view on pre MOT walk-around .....
as could the presenter   

[Doctor Gollum]

That would imply a level of responsibility 

[TheBoy]

This is heresy......    So burn me at the stake by all means! 

But...  If you are convinced it is the head gasket.... and it's headed for the scrappy? 

You could chuck a bottle of K-Seal or similar in it.....     With a bit of thought and bodgery, it would be easy enough to bypass the matrix as well. 

Boom!    There.... I said it!   

But prove it first

The OP has yet to do any basic diags for this.

[Kevin Wood]

This is heresy......    So burn me at the stake by all means! 

But...  If you are convinced it is the head gasket.... and it's headed for the scrappy? 

You could chuck a bottle of K-Seal or similar in it.....     With a bit of thought and bodgery, it would be easy enough to bypass the matrix as well. 

Boom!    There.... I said it!   

But prove it first

The OP has yet to do any basic diags for this.

.. and K seal doesn't fix head gaskets anything.

[Doctor Gollum]

Just the thing then

[Raeturbo]

Are we going to have the first confirmed case of hgf on a 3.2 ?

It wouldn’t be the first. Ask Rae turbo! His was so badly gone, that on turning over the engine, coolant came out of the spark plug holes 

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                 Oh aye it was gone alright, but it is still running like a watch thanks to you James

[JamesV6CDX]

Are we going to have the first confirmed case of hgf on a 3.2 ?

It wouldn’t be the first. Ask Rae turbo! His was so badly gone, that on turning over the engine, coolant came out of the spark plug holes 

.
                 Oh aye it was gone alright, but it is still running like a watch thanks to you James

Genuinely chuffed mate. Really pleased the job went so well. I must admit, when I

A) started it up, and saw the immediate hot-tub bubble effect in the header tank, and
B) compression tested it, and saw all the coolant flying out of the plug holes

I did have a tiny, nagging, inner worry, that she might have met her maker

But.... two good heads, and time taken over fitting everything neatly......   has clearly paid off in your case

I remember the (understandable!) negativity (maybe that's the wrong word - reluctance?) from the general community, around fixing the lump in situ, as opposed to dropping in a new engine.... but I'm so glad now that we gave it a go, not least because it paid off!!!

I'm just sorry it took a few months to do it all, a couple of hours car work these days is still my limit, sadly.... but that's much better than not being able to do any 

[JamesV6CDX]

Tunnie, is this car your daily driver?

[Raeturbo]

James I’ve spent a fortune on it since then new exhaust, fixing aircon new wishbones control arms blah blah but as we all know on here it’s worth it when you get them right. And at 210.000 it really is faultless now and drives and pulls very well indeed. Hope it won’t be long for you to get yours just right too mate