Rad leak coolant question???????????

[dbvettez061]

Wife has a 2005 Caravan, which has developed a small leak....Is it a good idea to use Bars Leak or something similar?? Cannot believe a 3 1/2 year old car would have a leak...

 

[oldmaninsc]

Originally Posted By: dbvettez061
Wife has a 2005 Caravan, which has developed a small leak....Is it a good idea to use Bars Leak or something similar?? Cannot believe a 3 1/2 year old car would have a leak...


Some of those stop leak products do work well - some too well. It's been a lot of years since I've used any, but the one time I did, it plugged up my heater core.
At the time I did NOT live in Southern Ca. St. Paul winters are cold enough as it is, having a poor heater wasn't much fun.

I agree that is a little early for a leak - even from a Chrysler product!

The radiator on my Ford minivan developed a small leak around the tank after 12 years. I replaced it with one I bought off the internet - just over 135.00 IIRC.

 

[badawg350]

There's a product made by Conklin Called Dike it is the beststop leak out and will not clog your heater core and can be flushed out give it a try you won't be sorry

 

[bullwinkle]

Wouldn't an '05 Caravan still be covered by the 7/70 powertrain warranty??

 

[Ace_Protege]

i would never run stop leak in my radiator. on a friend of mine's s10 it gunked up the radiator so much that the water pump died.

 

[190xt]

Originally Posted By: badawg350
There's a product made by Conklin Called Dike it is the beststop leak out and will not clog your heater core and can be flushed out give it a try you won't be sorry


+1 Dike will not clog up.