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@Avromo : few questions: What car are you talking about? Does the coolant system is a low-pressure one ? If yes, I may confirm that I had to replace the cap with 108 kPa valve of the "degas bottle" on Prius after Steel Seal treatment in blue G11 coolant. Cap replacement is also inline with...

6. Long-term pH measurements attempting to see the degradation process of hardened Steel Seal 6.1 Background In difference to all previous tests, here I used fragments of Steel Seal extracted from the engine coolant system during a flush before the last application at 312k on the odometer...

5. Gelation and gel dissolving tests: how many engine coolant flushes are needed after Steel Seal I promised to report these tests, so here they are. 5.1 Test samples I prepared a set of different samples and conduct heated gelling and gel dissolving tests to get insight on what might go...

Hi Weatherb! Congratulations. Thank you for sharing this experience. It is always time consuming to apply Steel Seal. If you allow, I have a few comments: - I am not sure about removed spark plug method: for the Steel Seal to polymerise quickly, there should be a high temperature spot at the...

Good for you ! How much miles has it made after the treatment ? Was the K-Seal patch still good?

4. My Steel Seal application procedure on Prius gen 3 for cylinder to coolant system head gasket leak. I assume the initial state is with Toyota coolant in the system and environmental temperature is positive . Drain the coolant and flush the system with water 4-5 times. That is, each time...

On more point to consider : its is hard to get ph of 7 after vinegar . The amount of baking soda should be adjusted precisely, which is quite tough . If there is a little excess, pH quickly goes to high alkali values, which is again not good for red LLC. Therefore after vinegar followed by...

Hi Toocan, thank you for you interest. I will finalise the post with remaining data. Your procedure looks to me correct. I have just a few comments: (1) heater core: If you run the application process with the heat and vent both at max in the cabin, there is no practical need to bypass the...

3. Steel Seal film dissolving test The sodium silicate films achieved in the previous hardening experiment are the result of a superposition of gelation and curing of the sodium silicate. The differences between the deposited film samples is due to the uneven rates of the two processes in...

Steel Seal Hardening tests: results and discussions The images below show the results of the evaporation and hardening test for four samples. The main deposition occur within the grove of the aluminum can while nearby wall and curved bottom of the can are also partially covered with thin film...

Curious about the final result. Some people clamp the inlet pipe on the heater core but that may cause an engine overheat. That largely depends on a specific engine. In my case, I had an idea to bypass the heater core but finally don't apply this, just run it at highest heating temperature...

So it is acidic. Perhaps it can live with OAT based coolants (pH ~7.5). This is drastically different from Steel Seal, which in my experience is not compatible neither with OAT no IAT coolants. And it is not based on sodium silicate. Interesting how long does it last ?

Hardening test: sample preparation and methods Samples were prepared with Steel Seal to coolant or water weigh ratio of 1: 6 , representing the ratio in the engine coolant system during the treatment. The acidity is measured with a pH meter unless stated otherwise (pH litmus stripes with...

Steal Seal Hardening Tests: Background There is a couple of youtube video showing Steel Seal curing with an open flame. The result is a fin white film deposition. The film is highly brittle. The first series of tests was used to find conditions for a less fragile film deposition. According to...

I am curious what is pH of k-seal ?