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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 08:28 AM
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where can I find "hot blok".

Googled it but only usual suspects came up, e.g., CRC, K&W, Gunk, etc.

My idea was to use the water jacket block-offs I made to pressurized the block and find the bad sleeve to re-seal the water jacket, then just heat the block with propane up to over 200 degrees in order to do the hot seal.

Anyone have any more sophisticated setups?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 09:23 AM
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You want sealer not a filler
The best reviewed products are going to be ceramic base
 
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Old Feb 8, 2015 | 07:33 AM
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Is Hot Blok an off-the-shelf product? Still can't seem to locate it.

I see you are in Dallas and I am going to be up there today. is there someplace in the Metroplex where I can pick it up?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2015 | 08:46 AM
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Dunno about local pick up.
Summit and jegs have a couple of products.
Hard blok is not what you want. That is a concrete filler for water jackets

Irontite has a ceramic sealer and through correspondence they believe it is suitable for such applications.
Moroso has an offering .... It is irontite with another label

A few others too
 
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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 06:47 AM
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Whoa, is Hot Blok what they used on all those "cash for clunkers" engines they destroyed (talk about stupid ideas).

I thought you were serious. Good thing I asked twice.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 07:34 AM
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Hot block is used to fill the bottom of the water jacket to help support the botton cylinders , not what you want i would look at @iron tite or gunk LIQUID BOILER SEALER from
A plumbing supply house. It is non metalic and woulds on high and low preasure sytems. Jmho
 
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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 08:06 AM
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Yeah confusion set in with the racing concrete fill reference.....,
Not the goal. I researched a few different products and all of ceramic based stuff is pretty good for this application.
Must be a sealer that requires a heated application not a filler not liquid glass leak stop.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 10:29 AM
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Thanks. Think I am going with Moroso Ceramic sealer from Summit.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 10:35 AM
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good solid choice. fyi that is irontite. it is purchased from irontite and moroso labeled. so any irontite info on the process is exactly the same for moroso...and vice versa.
 
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