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Re: Are you using Bars Leaks?
Posted by David Ingram (more from David Ingram) on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:54:11
In Reply to: Are you using Bars Leaks?, jjacob, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:25:12
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I don't think Saab ever recommended use of Bars Leaks, at least not for 9000s. Could be they thought it was a great idea once they started using the Dexcool "lifetime" coolant in later models. But at that stage the odds of your Saab outlasting the myriad sludging, timing chain, and oil pump issues -- or being worth anything if it did -- were probably so low they might've figured "aw heck, just throw that silver bottle in there and hope and pray." (Only kidding, owners of later model Saabs. Sort of.)
I know we've had a number of people on this very board who've implicated BL in their coolant systems' woes, so I'm a big opponent of the stuff. But then again, if you're driving a car worth a few hundred, rather than several thousand, BL is probably just the thing to get a few miles out of the beast.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Intermittent coolant leak?, Blue Devil, Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:20:32
- Are you using Bars Leaks?, jjacob, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:25:12
- Re: Are you using Bars Leaks?, David Ingram, Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:54:11 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Are you using Bars Leaks?, Simon S, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:26:18
- I am not, yet, Blue Devil, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:19:13
- Re: Intermittent coolant leak?, T. Christopher, Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:29:56
- Check the block freeze plugs over the turbo, AdamB , Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:41:49
- Re: Intermittent coolant leak?, sam96CS , Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:28:59
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