# Bar leak **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554 "2016-02-18T20:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/1 "2016-02-18T20:16:42Z")
has anyone out there tried bar leak head gasket fix and do it work. got a old egg beater that puffing white smoke.1998 jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter inline 6 ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/2 "2016-02-18T20:32:36Z")
With any of those stop-leak products, they should be considered a last resort. Use them if you aren’t willing to sink money into the car for a real repair and the car isn’t valuable enough to bother selling. If you’re at that stage, sure, try it. It will either work and give you bonus time with the engine, or it won’t and you’ll have to junk it and buy another. If I used a product like that, I’d be furiously squirreling money away toward the inevitable day when I needed to replace the car, which could happen at any time. ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/3 "2016-02-18T20:58:51Z")
+1 to @"shadowfax " You can use a product like this, > **[BlueDevil 32 oz. head gasket sealant 38386 - Read Reviews on BlueDevil #38386](https://www.autozone.com/sealants-glues-adhesives-and-tape/sealant/bluedevil-32-oz-head-gasket-sealant/908985_0_0)** > > Shop for BlueDevil 32 oz. head gasket sealant 38386 with confidence at AutoZone.com. Parts are just part of what we do. Get yours online today and pick up in store. It may or may not work and if it does it only buys time, it is not a permanent repair. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/4 "2016-02-20T07:29:50Z")
It can’t be too hard to replace the head gasket on an OHV straight six. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/5 "2016-02-20T10:55:45Z")
My vote is with oldtimer 11 to replace the head gasket. A stop leak product may stop a coolant leak that is external but for any combustion chamber breaches between cylinder and coolant passage it’s a lost cause. Coolant entering the combustion chamber is also corrosive and it’s going to create a lot more problems if allowed to continue. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/6 "2016-02-20T16:39:08Z")
Inline head gasket should be simple to replace. Fix it for real. ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/7 "2016-02-20T17:23:15Z")
Got a feeling the problems go a little farther then a leaky headgasket . Try the stop leak or the variety that had copper in it . ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bar-leak/92554/8 "2016-02-20T20:32:10Z")
**_That “4.0 liter inline 6” Is Reputed To Be A Good Mill. As Others Have Pointed Out I’d Remove The Head, Check It Out, And Replace The Head Gasket If Warranted Or Get Rid Of The Jeep. CSA_**