Blown head gasket repair IN A BOTTLE...

This sounds too good to be true so therefore it most likely is.
I have to ask anyways.
I’m fairly certain I’ve blown a head gasket. Symptoms are Rough idle, fluid loss but not visable, moisture coming from exhaust, little bit of white smoke coming from exhaust pipe.
I know what ultimately has to be done to repair this problem correctly. I just can’t afford it right now.
My question is : are there any “head gasket repair “ in a bottle that actually work ? I’ve read several different website reviews.
I’d just like to hear some opinions from some of my fellow Tacoma owners. And if there are some that actually work who makes them ?
Thank you in advance,
Daregirl2

 

I don’t have any first hand experience with that stuff but as far as I know that it’s all crap. If you have a blown head gasket the only way to resolve it is a new head gasket. I have never heard of anyone successfully using similar products.

 

Thanx for taking th time to reply. Have a good day!

 

That stuff does "work" in the sense that it's a major short term band-aid and long term might cause more problems than it resolves, so I've heard.

Of course it won't 'fix' the blown head gasket but it's supposed to prevent the leaking from it, but mixing stuff with your coolant in general is not a good idea and the only real way to fix a head gasket is to get it replaced.

I would only use that stuff if it was necessary to get me however many miles home or to a shop where I could get it properly fixed.

 

It will work, and ruin your motor and cooling system. Do the job right and replace the head gaskets on both sides if a V6 and get a valve job done also. Motor will run for many more years. Good luck.

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond. That’s pretty much what I figured, but wanted to ask anyways.
I was afraid it would clog my radiator. Do you think not having a fan shroud put back in when radiator was changed, also the heater core being bypassed may have lent a hand to the blowing of the head gasket?

 

Probably, without a shroud the fan is doing nothing

 

Thanx! Have a good day!

 

head gasket is usually due to it getting rusted out or failure of the gasket. The bottle stuff is only going to clog your radiator or heater core. If your fan shroud isnt on it just wont pull air as effectively. Best to change your timing chain and water pump while its taken apart that far.

 

If someone worked on your truck recently and didn't install the fan shroud, they should be held liable for the blown head gasket

 

^not

 

I don't know if you could hold them liable.
But if a fan doesn't have a shroud it's not pulling any air through the radiator, It's just moving air around in the engine bay.

even the fan depth in the shroud matters. to deep or to shallow and it's not pulling the right amount of air

 

I just mean it's hard to not to hold them accountable for it, if that's the case anyway.

Brilliant argument

 

I just got the vibe that it was a friend or something that did the repair not a shop

 

been there done that, got the t-shirt. Except it was my wife's car I messed up, in some ways being held liable for something like that is worse than being a shop and being held liable haha

 

All these replies are correct, so save your money. and it is unlikely a missing fan shroud was related to a blown head gasket. Also many many years ago I had a blown head gasket on a different truck and had nowhere near the funds to cover it, so I asked the boss for an advance, Paid it off over time, --problem solved.

 

I have never seen it solve any problems. Only create problems, or worsen them.

 

"Head gasket repair in a bottle" reminds me of the "Engine rebuilding pellets" they used to sell in the old J.C. Whitney catalogues.