Just to let every one know out there, thanks for your support, I contacted the manufacture of seal up in the USA and they forwarded my e-mail to there supplier in the UK, who sent me details of there mail order service and seal up was with me in 2 days and it has worked a treat, here is the details, A bottle of Seal-Up is priced at £8.95 +£2p&p per item. If you wish to place an order you can call free on 0800 783 3717.

Happy driving

- (#7672) Ricky, 9 Jan 04 11:40

Ricky,
How bad was your blow?
Does the stuff say it's a fix and forget or just a fix until you can replace the gasket?
How do you apply it, I'm thinking along the lines of having some in the glove box for that time when...

- (#7672) Clive (Bristol), 9 Jan 04 11:55

Hi Ricky

that stuff sounds like it worth it weight in gold,could you post the details on bok so we can order afew bottles of seal-up direct,i should think that it would be a mad rush to get the stuff and put it in our glove box as clive said above,i am wondering how you apply it,do you mix it in the engine oil ?

- (#7672) dennis, 9 Jan 04 12:15

I have to confess that I have a Bottle of this stuff myself. I got it last year when my head gasket went, but bottled it, excuse the pun, and went for a strip down instead.

You have to get all the antifreeze out first, then refill with tap water. Any glycol antifreeze not properly removed will cause clogging. Once the cooling system is refilled with water, the engine and cooling system must be at normal running temperature before adding the seal-up. Once the seal-up has been added, the engine needs to run for a minimum of 20 minutes, then stop the engine and drain out the cooling system. Then let it stand for 12 hours. (minimum of 4 hours). Then flush the cooling system with water, and then you can refill with the usual mix of antifreeze.

- (#7672) dave Bright (Bournemouth), 9 Jan 04 12:27

Oh and it says that its permanent, but I don’t know how good it would be if the gasket has breached between the cylinder and an oil port. In my case, the gasket had first breached from a coolant port and the back of the engine. If I had used seal-up as soon as I noticed the leak, it might have worked, but by the time I had got round to changing it, it had spread to most of the back end, breaching across the #4 cylinder and most of the oil and coolant ports as well as nearing cylinder #3. In the end I was glad that I had gone to the expense of doing a proper job, not least of all for the piece of mind, but it also had a fabric type gasket, and once they start going, there’s usually no stopping them.

- (#7672) dave Bright (Bournemouth), 9 Jan 04 13:21