Liberty 3.0 2009 Head gasket
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:42 amI have just joined the Head gasket club.
I have a 2009 3.0 Liberty that had progressively been showing more and more symptoms of a blown head gasket. Every few days I am having to empty the radiator reservoir back into the radiator and top the coolant up, for it to slowly bubble back into the reservoir.
Now the car has 400k on the clock which is a damn good innings considering nothing major has gone wrong. It has many other little problems, so spending money on the head is pointless In my opinion.
Has anyone had any real success with head gasket fix like chemiweld or equivalent? I have always been skeptical with band aid fixes but considering the km's on the car I'm thinking why not, if it gets me a few months then I'll be happy.
There seems to be no oil/coolant mixing either way and the coolant system is just getting pressurised and bubbling into the reservoir. I have replaced the thermostat and cap recently.
Reading how the chemiweld works, it sets when exposed to air. Hense the instructions say to continue topping coolant up during the set cycle. My concern is as air/gasses are getting introduced through the head gasket and cycling through the system, the chemiweld will set whenever exposed to this air, potentially in the radiator or heater core causing more problems.
Is it worth giving it a go? Or should I just continue topping up the radiator, because at this stage the symptoms are manageable as annoying as it is.
I have a 2009 3.0 Liberty that had progressively been showing more and more symptoms of a blown head gasket. Every few days I am having to empty the radiator reservoir back into the radiator and top the coolant up, for it to slowly bubble back into the reservoir.
Now the car has 400k on the clock which is a damn good innings considering nothing major has gone wrong. It has many other little problems, so spending money on the head is pointless In my opinion.
Has anyone had any real success with head gasket fix like chemiweld or equivalent? I have always been skeptical with band aid fixes but considering the km's on the car I'm thinking why not, if it gets me a few months then I'll be happy.
There seems to be no oil/coolant mixing either way and the coolant system is just getting pressurised and bubbling into the reservoir. I have replaced the thermostat and cap recently.
Reading how the chemiweld works, it sets when exposed to air. Hense the instructions say to continue topping coolant up during the set cycle. My concern is as air/gasses are getting introduced through the head gasket and cycling through the system, the chemiweld will set whenever exposed to this air, potentially in the radiator or heater core causing more problems.
Is it worth giving it a go? Or should I just continue topping up the radiator, because at this stage the symptoms are manageable as annoying as it is.