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Old 11th August 2019, 12:05   #11
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Used it well over a year ago on my mates 1.8 land rover defender, no problems since despite regularly towing large trailer. Highly praised product, saved changing the engine yet again.
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Old 11th August 2019, 13:32   #12
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i bought for £40 this product named steel seal to simply fixes blown head gaskets in minutes.. I want to try it before, maybe it can solve my problem and spend less monay. Anyone in the forum have used it?

How to use steel :
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steel seal - blown headgasket repair in 3 easy steps...

1. Make sure the engine is cold and remove the radiator cap. Pour steel seal directly into the radiator. Tighten the radiator cap back on. Ensure coolant is present before running the engine. If you have drained the coolant out, pour steel seal into the system and top up with coolant and move to step two.

2. Turn the heater and fan to maximum. Start the engine and run your vehicle up to temperature (please note this can take between 15-25 minutes depending on the condition of your vehicle). Once your vehicle reaches operating temperature run for 30 minutes. Turn off vehicle and allow to cool completely. Top up with antifreeze/water as necessary, replace radiator cap tightly.

3. Leave the steel seal in your system and drive the vehicle as usual.

Nb. If you are introducing steel seal via an expansion tank please make sure that there is sufficient room for steel seal to go directly into the cooling system and that it does not just sit in expansion tank reservoir.

For best results:

If you have tried inferior products flush your cooling system with clean water after disconnecting bottom radiator hose. Do not use a flushing agent.
If you have flushed the system reconnect bottom radiator hose.

I looking forward to hearing from you guys.....

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Old 11th August 2019, 13:43   #13
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I dont believe in k seal or steel seal. Iv'e seen the damage it can do. And not just our cars.
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Old 11th August 2019, 14:38   #14
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Old 11th August 2019, 15:03   #15
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Why not?
Because it's a bodge and does more damage than good Fix the leak.
Have a read as an example https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=266422
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Old 11th August 2019, 16:13   #16
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Why not?
It blocks gaps - the ones you don't need - and the ones you do need!
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Old 11th August 2019, 18:43   #17
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It’s a long time since I’ve done the combustion test with the fluid but I always found it pretty accurate. The last time I went to use mine I noticed the fluid was out of date so I binned it. I used to do the same test with a known good car to quality control the initial results
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There are no short-cuts to fixing a leaking headgasket properly. Plenty of products out there to temporarily seal a leak (and allow the unscrupulous to sell the car on), but IF your KV6 head gasket has actually failed, then products like this are only delaying the inevitable, building up other problems and costing you money that could've been put towards doing the job properly in the first place.

Let's be honest, if it worked, manufacturers would add it to cooling systems when new to stop any chance of HGF in the future.

Don't waste your money
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Old 11th August 2019, 22:04   #19
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Why not?
In addition to the reasons given by the other members, because you don't have proof that a head gasket has failed, and it is very, very unlikely on a KV6.

In my last post I asked you to test your radiator fan:
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Hi Matt,

The first thing you need to do is to check that your radiator fan is working properly. To do this, start the engine from cold then press the windscreen demist button on the air con./heater control panel. Now get out of the car and walk to the radiator grille. Can you hear the fan running continuously? Please report back and we'll take it from there.
Have you done that yet?

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Old 12th August 2019, 16:29   #20
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Hi Guys,

I just came back from the garage we used the Steel Seal (40 GBP price) product not the K-seal (8 GBP price!) and we checked 3 times with the blue chemical liquid looking for a failed head gasket that before using the Steel Seal was green..Now it steel blue and I managed to go home safe without any sign of overheating ..So for now this products it works well and it saved me 1000 pound in repair that I don't have at the moment!

I'll keep you up-to-date

Cheers and thank you again to All .

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