On May 14, 9:51Â*pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> z wrote:
> > On May 13, 10:40 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> >> z wrote:
> >>> On May 12, 5:14�pm, ndccpf1 <ndcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Or a frame piece needs to be removed ?
> >>> probably have to wrestle with the exhaust. might try a dose of those
> >>> leak sealer goops; they do wonders with a low pressure rubber gasket
> >>> leak.
> >> application of goop requires pan removal. Â*in which case, you may as
> >> well replace the gasket properly. Â*much better to re-snug the bolts and
> >> see if it fixes the problem. Â*9 times out of 10, it does.
>
> > naw, just the mouse milk you pour into the oil.
>
> no way. Â*that's stuff is not just clogging your leaks, it's clogging the
> oil ways you want to remain open too. Â*terrible advice.
>


all oil formulations have a dose of seal swellers to keep the rubber
gaskets tight. some sort of solvent, i assume. now they have those
oils for older cars, which have a bigger dose in them. i'm not sure
the oil travels through any rubber hoses or other apertures which are
small enough in diameter that they would swell enough to strangle the
flow, even with the big dose you get in the leak stopper products.
everything has its price, of course, making the rubber exosed to this
stuff bigger and softer can't help but make it wear faster and get
leaker, but if it's already worn and leaky, you're not losing much and
saving yourself some time before getting to it. my experience is that
a single dose of the stuff can sometimes reestablish a seal enough
that it will stay sealed even when you change the oil and don't add
any more.

it's not like they're dumping oatmeal or something into the oil to
clog the holes, like cooling system leak fixes do. not the "reputable"
products anyway.