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- Vancouver British Columbia
I heard of a solution that is ran through the radiator to repair a leaking head gasket.
Apparently, you let it sit over night to set and it can fix the leaky gasket.
I recently overheated, been throwing 0300s, and predominantly 0301s.
At first, I heard a loud bang as it overheated, but figured it was a backfire.
Do blown head gaskets make a loud bang?
Put in a new radiator and thermostat, and had a rough idle.
It seemed to go away at higher RPMs.
Drove it for 100 or so miles, and the rough idle has gotten much worse.
Cleaned the IAC and Throttle Body.
New cap, rotor, plugs and wires.
Swapped #1/#6 plug and wires, 0301 remained.
Pulled the #1 injector, found evidence that it was gunked up a bit with coolant.
(maybe oil too)
Replaced the #1 injector, codes have gone away, but have only driven 5 miles or so.
Drives very rough with loss of power, blows a little blue smoke and smiles of coolant.
Although I would like to minimize the cost of getting up and running again, I don't have a lot of faith in this 'miracle solution'
Bottom line, I have coolant in my #1 cylinder.
This stuff you run through the radiator is potentially a cheap fix, but is it very viable?
Any advice?
1997 XJ 4.0 150k miles.
Apparently, you let it sit over night to set and it can fix the leaky gasket.
I recently overheated, been throwing 0300s, and predominantly 0301s.
At first, I heard a loud bang as it overheated, but figured it was a backfire.
Do blown head gaskets make a loud bang?
Put in a new radiator and thermostat, and had a rough idle.
It seemed to go away at higher RPMs.
Drove it for 100 or so miles, and the rough idle has gotten much worse.
Cleaned the IAC and Throttle Body.
New cap, rotor, plugs and wires.
Swapped #1/#6 plug and wires, 0301 remained.
Pulled the #1 injector, found evidence that it was gunked up a bit with coolant.
(maybe oil too)
Replaced the #1 injector, codes have gone away, but have only driven 5 miles or so.
Drives very rough with loss of power, blows a little blue smoke and smiles of coolant.
Although I would like to minimize the cost of getting up and running again, I don't have a lot of faith in this 'miracle solution'
Bottom line, I have coolant in my #1 cylinder.
This stuff you run through the radiator is potentially a cheap fix, but is it very viable?
Any advice?
1997 XJ 4.0 150k miles.
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