Bars Leak Head Gasket Sealer

[Faust]

RE: '04 V70 NA. I just wanted to report and I guess endorse Bars Leak "Professional". Although I don't know the size of the leak, I guess I had a pretty good hole in my head gasket. Plenty of steam out of the overflow bottle and enough pressure built up to blow off the top radiator hose. In any case I decided to give the $50.00 Bars Leak "professional" a try. After a pleasant call to Bars Leak question line, I flushed it and followed the directions. I have to report success. I am only 4 days into it, but all seems fine. I haven't tried highway speed yet, because package indicates several cycles of heating and cooling aid it. I will report if it fails. They have several less expensive head gasket products, but I didn't try them

[AnotherVolvoNewbie]

Any update? I’m about to try this out today or tomorrow

[dikidera]

In my opinion, a resurfacing of the head + block and a new gasket should fix the issue. My radiator exploded, the hose didn't come off, it exploded because of a bad HG. I also had 0.002-0.0027 thou block warpage but did not take care of it. I hope it doesnt bite me in the ass.

[abscate]

Any update? I’m about to try this out today or tomorrow

Look at his user name. It’s possible this will work, but you may have to make a deal with unpleasant parties to succeed

[Faust]

The car is now long gone, but sealer lasted for the 6 months further that I owned the car. Had a similar problem on the Volvo that I replaced it with, and the sealer managed to stop up the heater core, leaving me without heat. Ignore Abscate's comment, there is nothing worse than an amateur humorist.

[dikidera]

The car is now long gone, but sealer lasted for the 6 months further that I owned the car. Had a similar problem on the Volvo that I replaced it with, and the sealer managed to stop up the heater core, leaving me without heat. Ignore Abscate's comment, there is nothing worse than an amateur humorist.

And on the other forums they tell me Volvos dont get bad headgaskets