[DMCForum] Re: found my leak - help??

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The block and heads are aluminum. Yes, they can be welded. Some 
people here have drilled through into the cooling jacket by mistake 
and had the heads or block welded with excellent results.

Rich A.
#5335

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Lauren" <LPLand@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hey guys -  I'd really appreciate your collective opinions on this:
> 
> I've noticed that my D drops about a quarter-sized bit of coolant 
> every day or two and I can see a bright green drop hanging off my 
oil 
> filter occasionally.  I was told by the guy who worked on it last 
> summer when I replaced the entire cooling system that there's a 
> corroded place on the block,  just fore (as opposed to aft, to put 
it in 
> perspective) of the oil filter and that last year he used some 
Barr's 
> Stop Leak to stop it leaking.  But it's leaking again and I don't 
want 
> to continue to add Stop Leak.  Now here's the real question --
> 
> He told me that he knows a welder who can repair the block with a 
> weld.  Is this possible?  Has anyone every experienced anything 
like 
> this?   It's not in the VOD and FWIW, even if I don't drive the car 
for a 
> day or two there's still pressure in the system when I open the 
> radiator cap.  
> 
> any insights appreciated.....................LP

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