Just a tip re block sealer

[normspanners]

Just a warning, re block sealer I got called out to a 2.4 tranny with the engine seized, the customer had put 'wondar weld' block sealer in his engine but not in the cooling system, in the oil !!!!! because it had an oil leak!
anyway it cured the oil leak because it ran for one mile and seized solid and I mean SOLID I was bending a 600mm breaker bar on the crank bolts. Engine scrap customer red faced and not happy,
Morale is do not be tempted to put wondar weld in ya oil, or if ya do by mistake do not run it and drain the oil straight away !!!

 

[ytre]

wonder how many others have done that? Good tip Norm

 

[langy]

I guess there are many walking amongst us

 

[normspanners]

I guess there are many walking amongst us

NO NEVER !!! welding folk have grey matter, or should that read don't matter!

 

[madkayaker]

I guess there are many walking amongst us

Walking as there engine has stopped working

 

[Tengtooltom]

Had a customer who arrived at house door one sunday morning. He wanted to buy a gal of engine oil. He was doing oil change on his Ford Corsair V4. Long time ago....
I opened my stores and sold him a gal. Short while later he was back for another gal. Sold him another.
Short while later he was back. Car will not start. I went out to have a look.
He had filled the engine FULL. Yes to the rocker covers.
DIY is great...

 

[ukracer]

which begs the questions why the water pump does not weld up??

 

[mike os]

on a similar vein.... i have a small leak on a radiator & could do with not replacing it just yet ( just paid for a DMF job) ....

Rad weld still OK to use (in the rariator LOL) or really not something you want to be doing with modern engines?

 

[langy]

which begs the questions why the water pump does not weld up??

Water pumps have large clearances

 

[bpcoryton]

people like that should be supervised at all times!

 

[wheresmejumper]

must try some of that in the diff of my e30
cheaper than a 2 way LSD

 

[Shox Dr]

Did you manage to keep a straight face, when he told you what he had done

 

[Wedg1e]

Had a customer who arrived at house door one sunday morning. He wanted to buy a gal of engine oil. He was doing oil change on his Ford Corsair V4. Long time ago....
I opened my stores and sold him a gal. Short while later he was back for another gal. Sold him another.
Short while later he was back. Car will not start. I went out to have a look.
He had filled the engine FULL. Yes to the rocker covers.
DIY is great...

One of my dad's customers did exactly that back in the 70s: her father had shown her how to check the oil and where to top the water up... she got a bit confused after that

 

[normspanners]

HA HA, NO!!! I could not, but as I told him, he was right in one way, it stopped the leak,
but for some reason he did not see the funny side of that! maybe he's suffering from a lack of a senses -----common sense, sense of humour and a sense of pounds in his pocket.
Seriously though I didnt believe it would act as fast as it did the oil must have gone solid, the thing is if someone uses it to seal a leaky, porous cyl liner or base seal the last thing you would expect would be to seize your engine.

 

[Robotstar5]

I suppose if the shops stopped selling these "magic" addatives for fuel/oil/water mechanics would get less business?

 

[Shox Dr]

HA HA, NO!!! I could not, but as I told him, he was right in one way, it stopped the leak,
but for some reason he did not see the funny side of that! maybe he's suffering from a lack of a senses -----common sense, sense of humour and a sense of pounds in his pocket.
Seriously though I didnt believe it would act as fast as it did the oil must have gone solid, the thing is if someone uses it to seal a leaky, porous cyl liner or base seal the last thing you would expect would be to seize your engine.

Well it was there in Black and White, for him to read :muppet. Classic RFTM