I learned the hard way...stupid me

[J_Phu]

Damn.....I rebuilt my engine using the old head bolt thinking it wouldn't no harm. And guess wat, its leaking from the start...this sux ass

[blackhawk]

sorry to here that man

[J_Phu]

Yeah......all I can do now is use some head gasket repair till the summer and pull the whole thing again. Man this really sux. Can anyone recommend something for a temp fix

[RichieRichJP]

Oooh, I wouldn't recommend any sort of temporary fix...

[bigbird]

temp as in longer then like 20 mins? prolly not. sorry to hear man.

[sheepish_fixer]

sorry to hear it...

Doing a head job is hard, hard hard...I always prefer to find a wreck and just do a straight swap...not much help to you now, but I did want to say thanks for sharing your experience, you might save someone from doing the same.

Best of luck!

[ROBS]

Temp head gasket fix?...hell yes!!!

Its called IronTite. Its a ceramic motor seal that you run in the rad with straight water for 3 days, then drain completly (block too if you can) let cure overnight, then refill with antifreeze the next day.

I bought a car with a blown head gasket and this stuff sealed it up for six months until I could find the time to fix it properly. I'm sure it could have gone a lot longer.

I heard about it from an old time engine builder who ran a chevette with a blown head gasket for 6 years straight using this stuff. Once a year it started to leak again, so he put in another bottle!

Freakin amazing stuff. Definatly the only quality temp fix I have ever seen.

When I tore my motor apart you could see my head was warped bad. You could see where the seal filled in the huge "gaps" between the head and the block.

I wouldn't use it as a perm fix, but if your in a crunch or stranded, this $14 bottle will get you home instead of paying that rip off shop a ridiculous amount because you have no choice.

Make sure you get the one that you add with straight water, not the one you add with the antifreeze. Read the back, you will see. The parts store should have three different bottles lined up. One you add with antifreeze, one you add with water, and a cooling system flush you use after the final repair has been done to get the stuff back out of the system. Make sure you get the right one.

One thing though. Re route your heater core lines to bypass the heater core (just for the initial three days). I learned that the hard way.

Hope you take this advice. I'm very confident it will work...it did for me, probably with more of a major leak then you too.

[J_Phu]

Thanks everyone and your welcome Sheepish, I hope this thread do help someone realize not to use old headbolt. Man all that hard work and money GONE. n I just got done swaping a E153 Too!!!........Guess I just have to wait till summer to redo everything

[ROBS]

bump...I think you missed my post above yours...posted at the same time.

[J_Phu]

Oh sh*t really Rob........Man you just gave me some confidents. Where can I find these stuff. is it @ autozone?Checkers?

[ROBS]

I'm in Canada, so I dont have the same stores. I got it at Lordco up here. Try a couple auto parts stores, if not not, i'm sure you can get it online.

If your really stuck...pm me and i'll buy a bottle and send it to you if you paypal me the total.

[J_Phu]

I'm sure I can find it or something similar to it herein the U.S. It would be to much trouble, plus I don't have paypal Thanks so much though. Good looking out.

[ohgood]

mmm, stop leak, yuck. temporary fixes have always led to permanent problems in my experience.

pepper in leaky radiators, sawdust in transmissions, heavy oil in engines, and here in the USofA you can have any part you need for a toyota delivered to an autozone (or stealership) within 48 hours.

[Luckynumber5]

I want to say any kind of epoxy sealer is not going to work but I'm not sure because most people are willing to shell out the money for new head bolts even though they cost a bit. Those old head bolts wont hold very much of the torque necessary to generate a good seal but who is to say otherwise, few people ever reuse old torque to yield head bolts.

Congrats to you for trying to save a buck, now you have to tear it down again AND buy a new head gasket. Hopefully with new head bolts this time.

[Kep]

http://www.irontite.com/

email them for a dealer near you

Kep