# 2000 Nissan Sentra - Stop leak, or no?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-sentra-stop-leak-or-no/141729>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-sentra-stop-leak-or-no/141729 "2019-06-06T20:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![LorenShultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@LorenShultz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LorenShultz)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-sentra-stop-leak-or-no/141729/1 "2019-06-06T20:30:35Z")

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2000 Nissan 1.8L. Coolant disappearing slowly with no puddles. Will “stop leak” type products work on a presumably bad head gasket, or just delay the inevitable? Thank you

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-sentra-stop-leak-or-no/141729/2 "2019-06-07T13:09:05Z")

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> [@LorenShultz](#):
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> just delay the inevitable?

Sometimes it is a short delay, sometimes a long one.

If you intend to replace the head gasket, ever, I would not use stop leak. If you just want to get a few more miles on this old car before you get rid of it, go right ahead.