Bar's leaks, valve seals, and sr20 bpv

[Neejay]

1.) Will Bar's Leaks w/ Stop Leak help out if your valve seals need to be replaced/changed? Like, would it be able to seal bad valve seals, or at least help out?

2.) On this oem SR20 smic I bought, the tube that comes off off of the oem bpv is plugged. Is that alright if I get an aftermarket BOV? Or do I need to take off the bpv? Would having both the plugged bpv and bov be damaging?

[NemeGuero]

I don't know about the Bar's leak..
but if you get an aftermarket BOV, replace the BPV. Why keep both?

[bluuuurr]

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm


not quite Bar's Leaks.. but an interesting read on oil additives

[S14DB]

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/images/lucas/lucas.htm


not quite Bar's Leaks.. but an interesting read on oil additives
What does that have to do with leak stopers? Nice repost....


Most of the stop leak products swell the seals or deposit solids in crevaces. They can stop a leak. but, they will acellerate ruber deteriation and you can't conroll where the solids go. A band aid that will fuck you in the long run.

[bluuuurr]

^^ it's still an oil additive with claims similar to Lucas.

Witty repost comment. You have 409409 posts, I have 40. I don't spend 2 hours a day checking every thread in existance. Sorry.:mrmeph:

[!Zar!]

^^ it's still an oil additive with claims similar to Lucas.

Witty repost comment. You have 409409 posts, I have 40. I don't spend 2 hours a day checking every thread in existance. Sorry.:mrmeph:
That is the wrong approach...

[Anto]

Well, back on topic:

I think that Bar's stop leak will help out with the problem for a bit. It might work as a temp. fix if you need your car to work for a week or so, but I really don't think it will do what you want it to do in the long run.

Best bet: replace seals. :(

[bluuuurr]

^^ then don't be a dick. It's the internet. Not everybody lives on this shit so pardon me for my lack of savvy.

Lucas Oil Treatment and Bar's Leak's Oil Treatment both claim to "stop most seal leaks". Perhaps I didn't answer the immediate question. But I thought it would be insightful to show the results of adding these liquid wonders into your crankcase.

Instead of polluting every part of your motor that oil reaches, try fixing the real problem. 5 dollar Autozone solutions aren't going to do anything but possibly complicate the situation even further. If that crap really worked, we wouldn't have mechanics.