Tech Tip: Sorento Coolant Reservoir Replacement
Some Sorento vehicles may overheat due to small cracks found on the bottom of the coolant reservoir as a result of repetitive temperature and pressure fluctuations.
Even Professional Technicians Turn to Bar’s Leaks Head Gasket Repair
Bar’s Leaks Head Gasket Repair has solved hundreds of thousands of vehicle owners’ problems since its introduction in 2004.
Internal Engine Repairs: Uncovering the Culprits That Cause Head Gaskets To Fail
The first symptoms of a failing head gasket are usually a slow loss of coolant with no visible leaks, engine overheating and/or a check engine light with cylinder misfire codes. Uncover the culprits and prevent comebacks by following repair procedures to the letter.
Tech Tip: Saturn’s Slight Loss of Coolant/No External Leaks Evident
Some customers may comment that the low coolant light is coming on and/or the coolant level is low with no external leaks visible.
New One-Step Bar’s Leaks Liquid Copper Block Seal Permanently Stops Major Cooling System Leaks Fast
Bar’s Leaks has reformulated its popular Liquid Copper Block Seal Intake and Radiator Stop Leak to make it the only one-step copper block seal on the market. Simply pour it into the radiator, idle the engine for five minutes, cool, top off with coolant and go.
Tech Feature: Abnormal Engine Coolant Consumption or Coolant Leaks Found in Some GM 3800 Series II Engines
Some installers/customers may comment on excessive engine coolant consumption, or an engine coolant leak near or under the throttle body area of the upper intake manifold. This could be related to upper intake manifold composite material that may degrade around the EGR stove pipe and could result in an internal or external coolant leak.
Bar’s Leaks Updates Liquid Aluminum: The Next Generation of Radiator Stop Leaks
Cooling system leaks have changed over the years. Not long ago, coolant leaks required immediate repair. But these days, leaks may go unnoticed until the vehicle starts to seriously overheat. To better meet these evolving challenges, Bar’s Leaks has reformulated its popular Liquid Aluminum Radiator Stop Leak into a next-generation stop leak for the entire cooling system.
Second Generation Repairs: Servicing the GM 3800 Series II Engine
The GM 3800 Series II engine, introduced in 1995, is quite a different engine from its predecessor, the Series I engine. While the stroke for the 3.8L engine remained at 3.4″ (86 mm), and the bore remained at 3.8″ (97 mm), the engine architecture changed dramatically.
Mercedes ‘CAN’ Diagnostics — Uncovering Faults Speeds The Repair Process
Dealing with frustrating error messages on your scanner? Import Specialist Contributor Larry Bailly covers some of the more common faults when dealing with Mercedes CAN wiring, what it takes to plan and achieve diagnostic success, and the places to look for the cause of faults.
Tech Tip: Oil Cooler Leak on Nissan Maxima and Murano Vehicles
You may get one of the Nissan vehicles listed below in the shop with engine oil accumulated on the engine block below the engine oil cooler area. Inspect the engine, engine oil cooler and the oil cooler gasket for oil leakage. You may use a fluorescent oil dye leak detector to help more easily determine which component is leaking. If the oil is leaking from the oil cooler rubber gasket, replace the rubber gasket using the following manufacturer’s Service Procedure ….