Sodium Silicate

DickWallace · September 13th, 2011, 02:46 PM

I was told I have a blown head gasket. There is no oil in my coolant or vise versa. The ONLY symptom I have is bubbles coming out my radiator. Not foam, just blub, blub, every second or so. its a 96 3.8 and that fact made everyone say "yeah, definitely a head gasket." So this guy swears by sodium silicate in the radiator will fix it. Says he has a car that's had it in there for 5+ years and still no problems. Bought some at a pharmacy and was told to use the whole pint jar. also known as water glass. anybody have any experience with this stuff?

5.8mustang · September 13th, 2011, 09:08 PM

no but i have seen engines tore apart with this stuff in it aka my malibu in collage a tore into it and it was clogging the passages in the heads and block it was bad not a fan

86_LX · September 14th, 2011, 05:38 PM

I never heard about that but I wouldn't try it. Iv worked in the automotive idustry for five years and I think imwould have heard about it if was a good remedy. But if ur serious convinced it's blown then just buy blue devil head gasket repair. But like 5.8mustang said about that stuff, blue devil will also build up in the coolant passages. But before u do anything I would do a compression test.

September 13th, 2011, 02:46 PM	#1
DickWallace Regular 1996 3.8L V6 Mustang Too embarrassed to take to track. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky Posts: 62 iTrader: 0 reviews	Sodium Silicate I was told I have a blown head gasket. There is no oil in my coolant or vise versa. The ONLY symptom I have is bubbles coming out my radiator. Not foam, just blub, blub, every second or so. its a 96 3.8 and that fact made everyone say "yeah, definitely a head gasket." So this guy swears by sodium silicate in the radiator will fix it. Says he has a car that's had it in there for 5+ years and still no problems. Bought some at a pharmacy and was told to use the whole pint jar. also known as water glass. anybody have any experience with this stuff?

September 13th, 2011, 09:08 PM	#2
5.8mustang Regular 1988 mustang lx never ran down a track Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Logansport IN / blairsville PA Posts: 131 iTrader: 0 reviews	no but i have seen engines tore apart with this stuff in it aka my malibu in collage a tore into it and it was clogging the passages in the heads and block it was bad not a fan

September 14th, 2011, 05:38 PM	#3
86_LX Newbie 4eyed hatch 5.0 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 8 iTrader: 0 reviews	I never heard about that but I wouldn't try it. Iv worked in the automotive idustry for five years and I think imwould have heard about it if was a good remedy. But if ur serious convinced it's blown then just buy blue devil head gasket repair. But like 5.8mustang said about that stuff, blue devil will also build up in the coolant passages. But before u do anything I would do a compression test.

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