100% agree

Stop leak never works no matter the circumstances it’s better to get extra fluid that the leaks out: I example car leaks transmission fluid get extra transmission fluid for what the car takes but for cvts if it’s not the same type of cvt fluid it’s not moving an inch

Very good point

It wont. Problem is the customer never knows where the leak was.. just that they had a leak and used stop leak. When you flush this crap out with CLR you will find where the leak was. Many times it is a head gasket and the head is warped. This is also caused because they put stop leak in when the water pump is leaking and it seals the water pump seal and seals the outlet partly to the water pump. Now you have all sorts of damage from prior overheats. This is why you have to replace many parts and check the heads for damage and replace most of the gaskets. If you flush and only replace the leaky part you will have a customer who keeps coming back blaming all other issues on you.

It clogs stuff up.

@@artthorsen8774 I'll be sure to report back when mine clogs up.

I put 20+ bottles in of 4 different brands. It worked for 8 months untill I needed to add more bottles and more and more. Finally I replaced the radiator. It’s been 15 months and car runs great. I have a 2017 Lincoln mkz 3.0 Awd with twin turbo. 70 k miles. So if anybody should have a problem, it should be me after all them bottles.

I know i had a misfire on one for 4.7 on a jeep i took out the spark plug cleaned it, gapped it and the misfire was gone

V6 was far more reliable in my opinion.

@@cleonituk3.7 V6 and 4.7 V8 are essentially the same engine.

@@jameshatch3996 i should have said , previous generation engine, not 3.7. My bad

@@cleonituk if you’re thinking of the jeep 4.0, that is an in-line 6, not a V6. It is, however, far more reliable than any engine put in any jeep ever.

Auto repair shop owners won’t want people to know that. For people with money it’s good to contribute to the economy

Or a radiator. Pepper is like 17 bucks. Radiator is like 70. Is it really worth it?

@buysncharge What kind of pepper do you use? Himalayan pink pepper? Geez, I just grab the bottle from my wife's spice rack and a spoon. By the way, I used this trick on my '91 Wrangler. It was still plugged when I parted it out five years later. Got $15 for the radiator!

@donbirren9401 I buy the best hand picked peppercorns from bushes that only grow in India once every 75 years. But like when I find a leak. I fix it. Without putting stuff into the car that doesn't belong in it. Get parts while they're cheap.

@buysncharge By the way (part two) I got that trick from an ASE-certified mechanic.

@donbirren9401 yeah means he's been doing the same dumb crap for at least 15 years. Ugggh.

Could easily flush it out with any alcohol , ppl are just lazy nowadays wanna throw away everything

@@Broman-es4sxproblem is….customers refuse to take responsibility for anything. You can’t say “here is the deal…if we do this it might not work so we offer no warranty.” They WILL agree to it but then when it doesn’t work they will throw a fit on the service drive and tell all of their friends and family how we “ripped them off”. They will call their credit card company trying to reverse the charges and if it is American Express they will do it every time. Believe me, I am well aware that there are many crooked shops and techs out there but there are far more customers trying to cheat the shop then the reverse. We have to operate like we are lawyers. In the end it’s just not worth it to try and do the cheaper repair option to help someone out. Dude was dumb enough to dump a ton of that stuff in his cooling system now he needs to be smart enough to figure out how to get it out himself.

Damm good points. They always lawsuit ready when things don't work out in there favor even after agreeing to try things..naw, we will pass

Expand. 😂

How ?

Disconnect all the hoses from the radiator. Fill it through the upper hose or the cap and let it dry or whatever it does. Idk.

@@gtagats7574 don't use it at all.

@@T.Hizzle i bought a tube a very long time ago and its still in the package. 🤣 people biggest problem when doing cooling system is they do t let the thermostat open when they are refilling it.

There's no fast fix. Fix the problem. Sometimes in life things happen that just suck

@@archangel3237 Agreed.

He would recommend that the car be towed to a shop to fix properly, but in many situations towing is not an option. If you can and are willing to afford a $1000 fix, tow it to a shop, otherwise stop leak is the only remedy before scrap yard

@@rd4908 thats just it, it is NOT A REMEDY AT ALL. It will ONLY MAKE IT WORSE

@@archangel3237 there are several people who replied here used stop leak with good results for many years

More like money leak.

@@AmogusAsbestos you going to need a new vehicle leak

For people with no money, it’s stop leak or scrap yard. For people with money it’s good to contribute to the economy.

@rd4908 better do the scrap yard tbh. Would rather get a shitty radiator that needs replacement again in 20k miles than need a whole new engine bc I put stop leak through it. Just my opinion tho!

Exactly what we did. But he wanted us to attempt any repairs on it so he would have us on the hook. Not today dude.

@@OnlineMechanicTips That's why some customers want, if you touch it you will own it.

So it’s really a cost issue. I would fix it probably if I am willing to spend $1000 on one repair, otherwise I would give stop leak a try before scrap yard. I know people abandoned their vehicles at the repair shop after they paid to have it towed and then they were told how much would be the repair bill