Great video, straight and to the point with no filler.

I just used a k-seal head gasket repair and it work , bubble on reservoir coolant is gone and no more over heating, thank you You Tube Academy and people post their knowledge try to help other people to fixed their car especially like me that I'm not a auto mechanic . Head gasket repair it so expensive.

ChrisFix just released a video in October of a 2 year/10k mile test of Bar's Leak Head Sealer and it worked very well. He also said if he had to do it again, he would have likely tried CRC Head Gasket Sealer (not in your comparison). Of course, he didn't really have a bad, damaged head gasket, but a slightly warped cylinder head (1/1000th of an inch or something), so that might have played a part. That little warping still made the car undriveable without the sealer. Finally, Scotty Kilmer had a video a couple years back that said you had to be very careful when using sodium silicate (liquid glass). If there was coolant getting into the engine oil, then the sodium silicate could ruin your engine because it would get into the actual engine and not just the gasket...

sweeeet. that's how you make an informative and concise video without, "here is my dog," "here is my messy garage," "here is my bandaid," etc.

Give you a like. Thank you for the review. I need one ASAP before the Gap gets bigger on my head gasket. I'm glad you're over a thousand subscribers. Keep posting

I used Bars Copper on our 1992 Honda Accord wagon and it totally worked. It's been about 20,000 miles with no issues. For a vehicle with 250k miles, I'll take another 25k+ for the cost of a bottle if Bars.

Good video thanks! I used RADIATOR stop LEAK once it froze my thermostat then popped the head gasket. Your on track with your 2 recommendations..

You are awesome! Very helpful and very honest. Perfect.

Congratulations for the 1000 subscribers!!!!!!🎉

I used the one on the far left in box . Worked amazing . Sealed the leak completely.

Good info. Thank you. Hope you're getting that 1k subscribers money 👍

I drive old cars and trucks. K Seal is my go to in these situations. Working so far!

K seal worked for me . Seems to be permanent drove my civic for I would say 15000 miles still holding strong.

My car was running rough with loss of power and kept overheating after I changed out several components including the thermostat and temperature control module. Then I noticed a sweet smelling white vapor emitting from the tail pipe after I first got it started from a cold engine. Before it got to operating temp I opened the radiator cap and saw bubbles coming from inside the radiator which meant blown head gasket. I bought the Bars brand Head Gasket Repair and didn't have much hope. But I was pleasantly surprised that it did actually work. No more bubbles, no more steam from the tail pipe, no more over heating. This saved me thousands of dollars.

Thanks man watching a few videos out there on which is the most convenient and best, don't want to drain, flush or remove thermostat since its going to be very cold for the next few weeks.

The bars leak clogged up my thermostat in a engine that has a very hard to reach and replace the thermostat. Never using there products again. Thanks for the review.

Thumbs up for the form alone

and.....tHank you very much ! Very well presented findings !

Sounds like a warped head rather than a blown gasket. I used Bars Leaks on a 600 hp Buick big block. It took 5 thermocycles (heat up and cool down) but it did work. It's a race car so I don't have many miles on it and don't know how it will perform over time but it cured the problem for a lot less work than me tearing the motor down to replace gasket

The problem with a head gasket leak is that you don't know the severity of it. That's why some products will work better than others and you will have tons of people disagreeing on which is better. Let me just say that no matter which product you use, they will only work temporarily and you can expect the "repair" to last about 5000 to 10000 miles.

Thank you I found all your info super helpful God bless....

Great information will follow your advice 1999 f150 4.6l v8

I like your straightforward way of judging these. I used k seal the small one on three cars with possible fissured head gasket and so far so good.

Great video!!

Subscribed. Thank you! I had same experience with Barts :( Ill go hunt down K seal now

Thanks for the help!

I used Bars last night, it was wonderful

Good job on the review

Grate job ,very helpfull info thanks a lot🙂

Great review and helpful

I am a die hard for replacing the gasket itself. Takes alot of the headache out of it IF, it is done correctly and with care. For V engines, do a leak down test because it may only be one head. As far as the video goes, I have had various good results with KSeal. Kseal says on bottle that water to oil and oil to water leaks are NOT recommended for repair, but I used anyway and had decent results (probably short-lived). Bar leaks pellets used to work back in the day but I've only used for a radiator that was leaking at the top seam. That repair lasted about 4 months because it was on a badly maintained vehicle with additional coolant leaks.

I've tried the same bar leaks you're showing in the video and did nothing, waste of money. After a good radiator flush, I tried the blue devil pour and go and I must say it worked maybe a 70%, I mean is not overheating anymore but I can see still a bit of pressure in the hoses and very low bubbles so now i'm tempted to flush again and try the blue devil with yellow label. A close friend tried the kseal ultimate bottle and it worked but only lasted a week so that wasn't really an option for me. Thanks for your video!

I started with the blue devil and it didn’t work I then used the k seal(there are two types, the can and the little jug, I used both) worked right away

Excellent video! Just how to do it. I have a 1958 Dodge D700 semi with a 354 hemi. 19k original miles, ex navy. I want to keep driving it unrestored. It puddles water on the floor under the right exhaust, but only sitting, never running, it won't use any, never in a cyl, never in the oil. There's probably a small crack in an exhaust port, probably from when the farmer I got it from who let it idle unattended for hours to circulate a nurse tank and an old hose dumped the water.. (on an early hemi the exhaust ports are almost vertical) seals when hot. I always remove pressure from it. Looks like enough of the K seal would be good to try! Aint worth a crap the way it is. What can I lose? I have other good heads, but im older and disabled now and want to enjoy it while getting the groceries! My wife loves driving it, too. Standard Bars works for a while but dissolves eventually and will plug things if you use too much. Thanks!

It’s not about the money back it’s about the effectiveness of the product I care less in getting 20$ back

I used Blue Devil (big bottle). My son has run 4.7l Dodge Dakota all summer with just water and refilling as needed. I took it to a repair shop and they confirmed head gasket leak. I drained the system, removed the thermostat. Flushed the system, clear with water. Poured in Blue Devil according to directions, drove it around for an hour. Let cool and installed new thermostat and water. It’s been a month now, it’s not overheating and the temp gauge comes up and stays just below center. The next thing is the put in antifreeze for colder weather. So far so good for now. Blue Devil is working! 😎

i used bar's many of time and it work every time ,i will choose bar' s over the rest

Hi, I owned and operated an air conditioning and radiator repair shop for 30 years. I opened it in 1973 and it is still open today (2023) by a former employee. Fixing things right can be guaranteed, adding stop leaks can not be guaranteed. Leaks that are flexing open and closed can not be fixed with stop leak. Also, the mechanic should be liable, not the product if something goes wrong. Stop leaks can plug up a cooling system and cause over heating and ruin an engine. I had a radiator flow tester that could tell you home many gallons per minute a radiator flowed (the radiator had to be off the car). The flow is a gravity flow with the tubes being vertical and liquid added until there is an overflow at the top tank. The flow tester has the water mixture going up a tapered glass tube with a calibrated stainless steel weight that raises up with flow. If you are a do it yourself, and want to try a stop leak, take a look at some suggestions of Scotty Kilmer. Scotty Kilmer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kOCVnJNhyce0ZYE.html Scotty mentions to not add stop leaks to cooling systems that are dirty. He also mentions that getting certain stop leaks in the oil can ruin the engine! Also he says certain stop leak sealers are to be used in clean cooling system with water only.

kseal fixed mine in my 01 celica gt but i just had a slight leak in my head gasket

Nice video. Thanks

He said the same product that Chris fixed used did not even phase it on his..... My experience is you got to give it some time to work..... But I'll definitely try the k seal ..next blown head gasket.... But it is not a permanent fix.....

I wish I had tried one of these before giving my Honda back

Had a head gasket issue on my 2005 civic, wasn’t mixing with oil but was getting lot of bubbles out radiator and steam coming from reservoir. Used blue devil pour and go, poured it and let it idle for a hour, so far so good drive 100 miles so far no bubbles and no over heating. I used to have to refill radiator after a long drive but the water has remained the same

Thank you for this info...

Hello k seal requires to remove thermostat before use? And we should drained the coolant after procedure completes?

What’s the proper amount of Karla to use ? I used the Smallest bottle, it slowed the coolant leak drastically. Then I used my AC and that sucked a lot of coolant out. Then I used it ( K-seal) again now I can have my car parked and I leaks….😮

Thank you so much!

I had a leaking head gasket on 4runner 2.7L I had to flush the system because rust was present for that I used Thermo-cure then I used K -seal Is been a month I don't see any problems works really well.

Subscribed..thanks!!

Subscribed 👍

I had some kind of a leak which I had oil in my coolant,a little water in my oil,steam out the tailpipe, and black carbon iny coolant,I used bar's blown head gasket and it's been about 10 months and everything is still good.So I personally had luck with Bars

Thank you

When you say drain your system do you mean drain the gas, the coolant and the oil? Do you mean power flush the radiator? Drain the gas and use Heat to get rid of the water? Let the engine sit before draining the oil so the water comes to rest on the bottom?

Nice

I use the Blue devil number 2 a year ago in my Ford explorer it lasts for a year and then I started having problems with it heating this time I've tried K seal and I'm not really I replaced the water pump and the thermostat housing I'm not sure if my sensor is working correctly and they're supposed to send me another unit. It can run about 15 seconds and be at halfway already be at 130°.

Hi, thanks for the breakdown. Have you heard of Steel Seal? It seems to have mixed reviews ranging from it being the best to being snake oil. Scotty Kilmer seems to like it in one of his head gasket sealer videos but I'm hesitant either way because his channel is so large he could probably be paid to say that (not hating on him). Thoughts? thank you

Well you are the first with engine problems with a Toyota, for the most part your car should last 200K.So thank for the heads up, good luck............BB

Liked the vid hope u get your money back 😅

Had my sunfire was leaking coolant out of the head not buring or mixing the a slight leak on the outside and I used K seal and it fixed it right away I don't like using fixes in a bottle but I wasn't going to pull a head on a 250k mile car😂

I heard good things about blue devil. Never used it though.

Ita been 2 years for me bars leak worked for me now it just i cant drive for over a hour i think i gotta do it again.... lol so its almost 2 years exactly had the car 4 years now

THANK YOU🙏🙏!!!

Thanks for the reviews! I tried the Bars on a 96 mustang 3.8 with no results. anti freeze blowing out # 3 now after sitting for a year found another engine. Just installed. Guess what? A guy sold me a bad engine! it had white smoke out the pipes. but the cylinders are dry and no bubbles. Suspected intake and changed. found very wet. Currently still have light white smoke. Going to try the K seal you can fallow on Dana's Garage project Stang. Keep up with constant content and you will get your 1k soon ! I've been at it for 11 years now, took me 2 years. average 45 subs a month

Did you ever see what the actual leak looked like? Question for you, as to what product and how much you think I should use. I have a 1995 Subaru 1.8L 4-CYL boxer Impreza, 177,000 miles. I have 76 and 78 PSI dry compression in #2 and 4 of one head (driver side). This started a few days ago, we noticed while on a highway trip the power was weak and I can hear it missing as the RPMs drop from driving to idle. I don't have overheating, excessive oil consumption (drippy seals, I add a quart about every 900 miles), smoking, or fluids cross contamination. I'm waiting to have a leak down and another dry/wet compression test at a different shop. The first shop only did dry compression and wasn't too bright or helpful. If I end up having a head gasket leak between those two cylinders, what products would I possibly try to mend it? It must not be too bad of a leak, whatever it is, for the compression to build to 78psi dry. The other two good cylinders are 130ish psi. If it ends up being a valve leak, what products and strength could I try to get them clean? After cleaning, I will have valve clearances checked, as it's probably never been done. Peace brother!

I have a head gasket leak from a defective head gasket. Before I tear the head off and replace the gasket, I wanted to see if any of the products work for reducing the amount of steam ( i chose the fiber lock ) and so far it is doing pretty well. I will say, Do not use blue devil with your thermostat in, it will brick that itch. up.

I sealed a minor head gasket leak on a 2JZ with two bottle of the small bars leak and a bottle blue devil flush , I emptied all my antifreeze put the mouth of the hose in the radiator and flushed it out , after I sealed the radiator back up poured blue devil flush added water let it run to operating temperature (before it overheats and start sputtering the water out ) and drained again , them poured both bottles down the radiator hose the one that leads towards the block (top hose) and added water it took 3days of cycles but it ran well for a year till my cheap water pump gave out and I didn't notice it till I overheated a bit and reopened the gasket , now I'm on this mission again to reseal it will I make it or will I have to trash the car , find outtt

Nice video! Let’s see the jeep! Haha

I have a Pontiac g6 with a minor head gasket leak. It only makes excess white smoke and not even a big amount. I’m going to pick up a bottle of kseal in the morning. I’ll let you know my results

This reminds me of when mackgyver used an egg to seal readiater leak.

5 products.......5 different vehicles I assume. How can you then compare?

thank you

I decided to try the K-Seal. I will let you know if it stops my steam smoke. 👍

Blue devil works you have to flush the motor first. I tried bars leaks didn't work . Blue devil turns hard and fills gaps when it's exposed to hot areas from exhaust leaking in the heads

‘07 4Runner leaking head gasket and hole in the radiator, to fix it cost more than the vehicle is worth, K-SEAL Pour-n-go , I just dumped it in the coolant at operating temperature and put the cap back on, 30 seconds hole plugged, HG sealed, I let it flow through the whole system, heater core, and all did not plug up anything, they tell you to dump it in cold for safety reasons, but it works better imo if you dump it in hot and you didn’t hear that from me😮 6 mo. & 4500 mi later nothing to see here

You should post the footage of using these

My 05 corvette is loosing antifreeze and my oil looks good and I m not over heating no knocks or misses but I m having steam out my exhaust at start ive been told kseal will work but i don't know what to try as i cant afford to change the head gasket any help with what to do is appreciated

Hi, would you happen to know off hand what the difference is between normal blue devil and the pour and go version in terms of the type of seal they provide? I was thinking of the pour and go version to save hassle with thermostats and flushing etc, but wasn't sure how effective it might be or if it only provides a weaker type of seal? Thanks, and great video btw

So if there is milky substance in engine and on oil cap , are these products no good to use ??

I am canceling my Bars Leak purchase.

Alright, I'm gambling with this video. I'm at the car store now, that are our of the one I used last time.

2weeks later ..still driving with the Barrs headgastet formula .don't go over 50mpg

They have another product called steel seal that people claim has good results

WHY DO THEY SAY “ IF IT OVERHEATS WITHIN 5 or 15 MINUTES DO NOT USE PRODUCT ?

U got a sub from me man and u same nice keep up the hard work

What was the cost of each one ? Thank you

what did you do with the Previa?

Why does my van heat gauge stay in cold range 5 minutes then zoom up to hot but no hot radiator or water running out ?

Just really depends how big ur leak is really

Blue Devil performed poorly in a friction test

Bar’s leak doesn’t work especially when you go over 60mph

buen comentario- pero hablas muy lijero y los subtitulos se van antes de que temine de leerlos

What does this stuff do to the water pump, heating core and temperature sensors? When the gasket goes bad....It is time to open your wallet wide.

If I could I would post a pic of how well this crap, the CRC green bottle , sealed my whole radiator and cost me thousands. Get it fixed right

All that time and effort with these products you could have put into researching how to do the head gasket yourself.

Come on man. Please stop telling people this crap works. ESPECIALLY the pour-in kind. At the very least you’re going to clog up the thermostat but also the radiator. The chemical sealed kind where you drain the radiator and take out the thermostat, it’s possible to have a temporary fix. Trust me, I know. I have a leaking head gasket on a 2009 frontier and I’ve tried everything. But at some point, you have to face the fact that it’s too expensive to fix the head gasket. The only option is to buy another motor. It’s painful, but it’s just a fact.

none of it works its just temporary and mainly only a few week fix..just check the bbb on these products. the only real and permanent fix is a head gasket replacement with heads shaved. they are jus preying on your hopes

Bars is shit. Period. Anyone reporting positive reviews and results on here is likely sponsored to do so. Anyone I know with mechanical experience will tell you to steer clear.

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