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heater core _No More Leaks! 700 1987

Just adopted a 760 turbo from my neighbor. I wondered why she had a chamois in the map pocket. Two days later, on my first long drive, the sweet smell of coolant and copious amounts of fog on the windows- defrost only made it much worse.

Of course I discovered a huge pool of coolant under the newly installed rubber floormats- the kind with edges to keep snow and mud from your shoes off the carpets. In my case, to keep antifreeze on the carpets from damaging your shoes <8^P

With nothing to lose, and $1000 to gain, I went to my local shop and asked for a solution. Mechanic gives me a can of Cooling System Sealer made by BG Products. After two days of driving with the heater on 85 degrees and the windows down, NO MORE DRIPPING!

It's a good thing that I paid next to nothing for this otherwise nice stationwagen. Why in *ell would nordic cars have heaters that fail?
Any one have a longer term fix that doesn't require a teardown of the
innards? I was thinking about sealing the core from the firewall using an industrial sealant, like an epoxy based coating.

Paul in CA






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New heater core _No More Leaks! [700][1987]
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