Hello - with my recent suspected head gasket failure, and leaky water pump, I decided to invest in K Seal.
I've seen some people on here say that it works ok, and justify that it's not one of the products "that will block one of the K Series' narrow water ways writing off the engine".
Note the following post from Ashy, found on another thread:
I've used it, it works and fixed a very bad HGF on a Vi, it doesn't block waterways in my experience.
I stripped the engine down after using it for a while and posted pics up here to prove it. Not a blocked waterway in sight. It doesn't work that way.
I would guess most people here are just speculating and jumping on the 'Oooh don't use that in the K series' bandwagon, but have never actually used it.
Granted there are products that can be bad for the K series, but K seal doesn't seem like one of them.
Loads of people have had success with this stuff and I know a few garages that actually stock the stuff for customers who want a quick cheap fix.
Well I can confirm this, and I agree.
Today I shook it up, as directed, and added it to some water and put it into the header tank. Then I drove to college, by which time the engine was at it's normal temperature. I then got out, went to college, and noticed that the majority of the leak from the water pump had stopped :rocker: .
I thought, sceptical - Nah! Just a coincidence, nothing has changed.
So then I finished college, later in the day, drove the car off and pulled up at the fuel station. Then I filled up, came back, and the water leak had completely stopped from the water pump! Before, it used to truly POUR out of the water pump, but now it's completely stopped!
What's more, it's stopped stuttering, the white smoke has disappeared, and there is no mayo in the oil. I'm very impressed!
Suffice to say, the head gasket is being replaced at the weekend by someone who was recommended to me from here, so this was only a temporary fix - not a bodge!
But, buy in confidence, it worked fine for me!
I've seen some people on here say that it works ok, and justify that it's not one of the products "that will block one of the K Series' narrow water ways writing off the engine".
Note the following post from Ashy, found on another thread:
I've used it, it works and fixed a very bad HGF on a Vi, it doesn't block waterways in my experience.
I stripped the engine down after using it for a while and posted pics up here to prove it. Not a blocked waterway in sight. It doesn't work that way.
I would guess most people here are just speculating and jumping on the 'Oooh don't use that in the K series' bandwagon, but have never actually used it.
Granted there are products that can be bad for the K series, but K seal doesn't seem like one of them.
Loads of people have had success with this stuff and I know a few garages that actually stock the stuff for customers who want a quick cheap fix.
Well I can confirm this, and I agree.
Today I shook it up, as directed, and added it to some water and put it into the header tank. Then I drove to college, by which time the engine was at it's normal temperature. I then got out, went to college, and noticed that the majority of the leak from the water pump had stopped :rocker: .
I thought, sceptical - Nah! Just a coincidence, nothing has changed.
So then I finished college, later in the day, drove the car off and pulled up at the fuel station. Then I filled up, came back, and the water leak had completely stopped from the water pump! Before, it used to truly POUR out of the water pump, but now it's completely stopped!
What's more, it's stopped stuttering, the white smoke has disappeared, and there is no mayo in the oil. I'm very impressed!
Suffice to say, the head gasket is being replaced at the weekend by someone who was recommended to me from here, so this was only a temporary fix - not a bodge!
But, buy in confidence, it worked fine for me!