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Old 09-30-2014, 11:24 AM
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If in fact a stop-leak product was used, does that mean whoever worked on it before found a leak somewhere in my system?
yes it would and they used alumaseal, irontite, Barrs or any of the other 100 head-gasket sealers out there
 

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Old 10-01-2014, 07:26 AM
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check the pictures in the first post if that does not look like the inside of your hoses, i don't know what does:
https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...d-block-58715/
 

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Originally Posted by MyRoversNameIsCarl
And just when I thought my Fall maintenance was coming to an end I received the car from my grandpa and I am pretty sure he only ever had it serviced at his local LR dealership. This disappoints me...

I will backflush it this weekend and treat it with a powerful cleaning agent. With respect to the "central heating cleaner/flush", how is something like that different than a radiator flush from an autoparts store? I found an example online: Fernox Central Heating Cleaner F3 500ml | Cleaner | Screwfix.com.

If in fact a stop-leak product was used, does that mean whoever worked on it before found a leak somewhere in my system? That would be just awesome.
I reckon whoever before had leaks etc and stuffed in a sealant product and gunged up the leaks. Fernox is good, one of the best. Central heating cleaner is more powerful than most, if not all, coolant flush products and is used in a parallel environment, same plastics, metals and seals etc. It gets the cr@p out of any coolant system fast BUT, if you have had leaks before it will find them and uncover them which in truth isn't a bad thing ............. forewarned is forearmed as they say. Cheaper to find them now than an overheat and cracked head or block later.
 
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