jeff kushner
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I'm certainly not arguing with the owner who has confirmed the heater core was leaking but I had the same smell in my '03EB about 6 months after I bought it. It had 148K miles and I searched EVERYWHERE for a coolant leak and couldn't find it. Finally, while at a friends shop to replace a couple of tires, I asked him to find the leak. He couldn't find it either until he did a leak down test and found the headgasket leaking between the water jacket and cylinder, with no out-of-engine leak so I never would have seen it. It was very minor at first, but soon expanded to needing coolant added every 150 miles or so. After a lot of thought due to the same reasons Stamp notes above, I used the "Pour-n-go" and the issue was "repaired" without any impact on the heater or cooling of the engine. The leak stopp was added in May and I drove it through the winter and the heaters worked fine, both front heater and rear. For me, it wasn't worth the $2,500-$2,800 to replace the headgasket on a truck I only paid 5 grand for and although I know how and have the tools, I hate working on cars(I like bikes) and am fortunate that I can afford to pay for things I no longer feel like doing.
I drove it for another 18 months, getting up to 171K on it before the transmission began slipping but it never leaked again. Just my experience with the hoogie sauce.
jeff
I drove it for another 18 months, getting up to 171K on it before the transmission began slipping but it never leaked again. Just my experience with the hoogie sauce.
jeff
