How to fix your HEAD GASKET for $56 | Blue Devil vs DESTROYED Ford V10
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2022
- My 2006 E450 has blown head gaskets and is nearly seized. It's a ford 6.8L Triton V10 and it's been SEVERLY overheated. I'll go step by step so you can fix your blown head gasket at home. DIY head gasket repair with Blue Devil head gasket sealer, let's see how long it lasts!
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Disclaimer: Dispose of used coolant in accordance with your local laws. Most of the coolant escaped the system when it was overheated. I collected the remaining coolant and took it to the auto parts store. Parts in the video where you see fluid going on the ground is hose water from the flushing processes. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I've never tried the Blue Devil branded stuff, but I had success with K-Seal head gasket repair on a beater 2003 Hyundai Elantra a couple years back. It had the typical white cloud out the exhaust, the oil looked like a chocolate milkshake, pulled the spark plugs out of it and number 3 was soaked and the gap was completely closed with goo. It was a car I paid 1500 bucks for and used as a winter beater for 7 years, it wasn't worth my time or money to fix it the correct way, I figured I'd give the $30 fix a try before hauling the car in for scrap. I drove it back and forth to work for few days afterwards, put like 75 miles on it and it stopped smoking and the misfire cleared up. I gave the car to my 16 year old nephew, told him it would probably get him around for awhile as he saved up for something nicer, that was 3 years ago and he's still driving the thing... It's survived all the standard issue neglect and complete lack of maintenance that comes along with being a teenage boys first car, so I imagine it'd be fine for most normal functioning adults.
I've tried both and the k-seal worked much better in my experience.
I think they might use a similar concept. That's great, I hope mine lasts as long!. Thanks Frank!
@@rickjames8317 I'll mix them together to make the ultimate sealer.
@@HerbOMatic I fully support this! In my experience, anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
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This is how all how to videos should be made. You didnt over talk which is frustrating. Each step was easy to fallow. Thank you. O!And love the wife's reaction. Lol😊
I was so glad you told us NOT to eat the milkshake. I was thinking... Ummm... I sure would like to eat the Milkshake but then Herb said DON"T. So I was like Okay... I won't eat the milkshake.😁
Yeah, it's super high in calories.
@@HerbOMatic could oil coming out my exaust pipe be a blown head gasket ?
@@icyflacco9953 YES THIS IS A VERY MUCH A POSITIVE SIGN
I was having the same problem with my f150 . Hydro locking, the same exact thing as yours, and I followed your advice and problem solved, 9 months and still going at 394,000 miles, thank you 😊👍👍👍
The sarcasm is STRONG with this one, love it👍👍👍👍
Water level changes cause of the air being purged as the engine runs there's pockets that are in the block that it can take awhile for it to all purge out
This Stuff truly works guys. I had a blown head gasket in a 2004 Nissan maxima. I put it in and didn't flush it and thought that it didn't work. I did notice a difference but wasn't sure. Someone posted that this stuff needs a flash point to truly hardened and worked. They also said to for better results to us blue devil flush and use distilled water. After doing this I drove my car a little high than normal hwy speeds and got the motor hot but not crack the heads hot but just a high temperature like water boiling temp. Once i did that and stop and let the car sit and cool. Afterwards OMG did it work and with a rock solid seal. Not everyone will have to do it this way but it worked for me. Flushing the engine first seem to help once i did that and started over.. I have tested it and yess it totally fix. Air conditioner runs with no engine over heating.
"DON'T DRINK THE BEER." Kudos to the wifey for her support!!!
I used this stuff in my V10 Excursion 10 years ago, still runs perfect to this day.
I just did mine last weekend in a 92 Buick V6 3.8 but it's in an Australian Holden Commodore , so far it seem to have worked, do you still get full power out of your engine, in the last 1 week I've just been taking it easy
@@JayJay-gl2df Probably a good idea to run it easy. Before I added BD to my Excursion, I towed a 10,000 lb 35 ft camper all over the US, year round, with it. Now, the Excursion gets towed behind a motor home so it’s had a easy life the past ten years.
@TJ-qz6hr u used blue devil head gasket sealer 10 years ago and the sealer is still holding up?
As soon as I saw the first attempt fail I knew it wasnt getting hot enough. I had this experience a few years back but my head gasket failure was too much for the stop leak to seal. Glad it worked out for you. Here is to another 115k miles more.
I had no idea why it wasn't working the first time until I pulled that spark plug out. That sucks it didn't work out for you! Let's hope for the best on this one.
i got a worse blown headgasket which will kick out the water once the engine is start.. it will not circulate the stop leak into entire system until i try removing the leak cylinder sparkplug which in my case is 2 out of the 6 cylinder and run it without those 2 sparkplug to reduce the pressure inside cooling system.. it work and the stopleak start circulating and patching those blown gasket area on the first day..
@@harisyoung4110yea combustion is higher pressure than the cooling system is
I definitely have to subscribe to this guy. This was the most entertaining Mechanic video I’ve seen other than Scotty Kilmer! This guy is hilarious. All his jokes were executed with perfect timing.
I love Scotty Kilmer
Worked for 2009 Chevy Equinox. You MUST remove the thermostat! And you must pour the whole bottle directly into the thermostat housing NOT the reservoir. It will work! You must be careful. If it doesn't work the first go at a cold start do it again and again. Took me 3 full cold starts to fully seal the leak! Yes took me nearly 2 days of cold starts for it to work but after the 3rd start the exhaust finally came out clean and the car never overheated again!
This is a bandaid! Be noted that at anytime anywhere it will blow again. Be ready if I was anyone else I'd buy the white label 'pour n go" and have that in the system ready if anything happens
@@alfredough not true. if you buy the real WATER GLASS not this fake blue dye with water and only 30% water glass. If you use the real water glass it will glass weld the head on for life!!!!! Steam trains use that.
Pour it in like it's goin in the motor? Or goin towards the radiator?? I'm having the same problem with my 09 equinox
And did you do all them flushing?
Hey, Herb. I have a question. You mentioned to keep the sealant in the car for awhile to insure everything works out....My question to you is, did you still have the Thermostat taken off? Or when you took it for a drive, did you put the thermostat back on while the blue devil was in the engine?
That's really interesting about the inert silica molecules being activated by the combustion gasses, i always wondered how this stuff sealed without clogging, makes sense now.
I have been using SuperTech synthetic oil for years. It’s great oil.
I used the pour and go Blue Devil in my truck because my head gasket leak wasn’t as bad as yours. I had to do a couple idling runs like you did to get it to seal.
Your Goofy humor is right up my alley. I'm the same way you're just on a higher level than me. You actually had me going on the not mixing different brand distilled water. I was like wait, what?! That's the same thing. 😂
Thanks for the warnings I was about to drink all my engine's fluids.
It's tempting but some of the fluids will give you hilarious amounts of awful gas.
This was hilarious yet educational. Bravo! Well done! 👏🏽That sound when you opened the first distilled water caught me by surprise and had me in stitches 😂. Then continued to snowball into pure comedy
Great step by step video. Best part was the three month follow-up on how well it was holding up.
Love the safety advice lol. Although i followed all this advice and then accidentally forgot to put the car in park while working on it and flattened a buddy.
The milkshake (oil+antifreeze) can also be checked for on the underside of the oil cap
I've done oil changes on a few of those vans and the engines are packed in there! Lot of fun too when they'd just came off the highway, not only messy but 'warmm'
Hi Herb- enjoyed your video. I had the same issue with a 93 Toyota Corolla. I don't want to break your heart or spoil your expectations. Blue Devil/Bars Stop Leak/ and other sealers usually last (if you are lucky) around a year. What happens is that your head gasket will simply start leaking in another area. I suggest you use the "Pour n' Go" by Blue Devil after a year if it shows loss or not. Unfortunately, sealers do "not get along" with antifreeze and your problem will resurface at any given time. Sealers are a "Band-Aid" to head gasket repairs but I can see your point in your vehicle where the motor must be removed. As far as my Toyota was concerned, I had a severe head gasket leak and I used the "Bars Block Seal" which required the same procedure as yours did with the sealing. I was able to drive the vehicle for another three years by adding sealers annually before I retired the vehicle at 280 thousand miles.
Did you use the same sealer annually?
No I did not. The "pour n go" first, which did not completely rid me of my issue, then the "Bars Block Seal" which required multiple steps and allowing it to dry overnight. The Bars got me through another year, but again, the gasket leaked in a different area and ruined my engine. @@marylamb6063
Very informative and easy to follow tutorial. Giving Chrisfix a run for his money. Love the humor. Was waiting for a Kelis joke as soon as you mentioned milkshake and you didn’t disappoint.
The side to side hand movements were a bit of a tribute to Chris. I don't think I'll be hurting his channel anytime soon but I do like to have a laugh! Thanks Steve!
Chris fix is awesome !! Please don’t knock him like that. This solution doesn’t always work.
@@derekhaywood1844 relax Derek. No one is knocking anyone.
I came back here just to make this comment and say Blue Devil works. I'm in southern Ontario, Canada and perhaps estimates will vary depending on geographic location. My check engine light came on and I had a code for a cylinder misfire in cylinder #4. After replacing coil, spark plug and fuel injector the check engine light was still coming on. I took my van to the Ford dealer. I have a 2010 Ford E250 4.6L with 199,000km on the odometer. They confirm it's got a blown head gasket and quoted $6,534.00 to fully repair.
I followed the directions for Blue Devil exactly. I bought the Blue Devil radiator flush and followed that also. My van needed 2 bottles of Blue Devil and 2 bottles of their radiator flush based on its capacity and just followed everything. On the second day after completing the process my check engine light went off by itself (did not code clear with the code reader) and its been off ever since.
I have since drove the van about 1000kms. It works. So if you have a blown head gasket you should use this and I can only attest to it working if you follow it 100%. But it seems like many people have success with just pouring it and forgetting it.
I don't miss working on vans. That Milkshake does not bring all the boys to the yard.
Kelis was singing about a different milkshake?
Appreciate the thorough video.
Helpful and funny.
Well done!
I love your humor, thanks for doing these videos.
Thanks Tom, they are fun to make, although I hated that my engine is blown!
I got 20,000 miles out of my first treatment on a tundra. Going for number 2, with the method of leaving it in for a day or 2 before draining as well. I let it idle this time for an hour, then took it out for a few runs where i gunned it a bit on some stretches and no more steam. All in all an hour and 50 minutes, about 20 minutes was driving. Well see how it goes the next fews days..
She's still running good at 25k miles!
I was just thinking I have not seen a bunker video for a while, then this video shows up. Not the video I really wanted, but better than nothing :-)
Glad it worked for ya, head gasket job on those could total the vehicle
I really like your style, my channel is growing but you really take time in your video editing and I dig it 😉
Thanks man, I see you are fixing up an Avenger, I had a Dodge Stealth when I was a teen and miss it often!
@@HerbOMatic you must get another one!
Another great video herb😎👍
Your wife looks very happy and extremely excited 😅😅😅😅
Wow your soo complete explained everything! Great content!! 🙏
Excellent video. Made my decision solid on this product. Thank you!
You got it man!
"Try to keep your drink atleast 12 inches away from your deadly chemicals." Hahaha that had me rolling for a while.
I need that Fiesta Agua Amigo hahajahha you are hilarious bro. 😅😂
I love it!!!! Very good video!!!!
I'm getting commercial breaks every 90 seconds. Gonna bow out on this video, but thank you again for your videos. I always enjoy them.
I'm going to watch this on incognito mode and see what you mean. I use the standard monetization.
I only got 4 ads during the entire video. Weird
Thanks. I was watching via Fire stick. Perhaps that's part of the issue.
I have CZcams premium. I hate commercials
I didn't try but am feeling so better now that I saw your video and I will do as u say probably with a different product because here in my country we don't get as we like ,so as soon as I try your fix I will hit u up with some information peace bro, and I hope my milk shake don't bring no boys to my yard 😂😂😂love that part cheers.
Awesome that stuff also fixed your brakes
Pulling the passenger side kick panel and seat makes it easy to work on the engine from the inside and remove the doghouse
Thanks for cooking video. I'v got hungry while watching this so I started eating and drinking.
Careful, that milkshake is high in calories!
Yes!!!! Shopping to feel better. My motto too!
Good luck with it mate - I hate car issues, they make me cry!
It will probably be fine, if it fails I'll pour more goop in there and order an engine!
Like your video comparing too some other ones I’m going to try it on mine today
I’m watching this video to do it myself. Only problem I’ll have is that it’s 5 degrees outside here 😢. Great job man THANKS
Very helpful video
We use to use Liquid glass ( always worked ) worked so well you have trouble removing the head !
When this engine goes down, I'll dump more goop in it, and order a long block!
@@HerbOMatic Or just actually replace the head gasket - it's not THAT bad of a job [checks calendar] - wait, I've been working on this for how many weeks now??? 6 weeks tomorrow?? And mine are easy to get to / get out (though they are cast iron heads, so they weigh a lot and I used an engine hoist to get them out/back in again). I'd be very skeptical of the sealers working on a diesel though... compression ratio is a LOT higher!
@@HerbOMatic those v10’s aren’t cheap !
Thank you for this. 🛠️✨
Do you think it's a good idea to bypass the heater core before using this stuff?
I 100% agree to leave it in until you HAVE to change it for cold weather, or around 5,000 miles just to prevent corrosion in the cooling system.
Thank you for the good video. I have the same problem right now.
good job man🎉
well done! enjoyed the humor. Curious to understand why/how this is preferred to the POUR N GO product. Thoughts?
comedy is amazing, especially the loose hose
Can't wait until u do the bunker again
I had to fix the truck so I could drive back down there and work on it.
@@HerbOMatic hope u get ur truck fixed & can't wait to see how it Bunker turned out.
U & ur old lady got more guts then me I only will go under ground 1 time & that when I'm not here no more
thanks man great video,
My ODB2 port is in my glowbox on the passenger side. So NO not always on the driver side. Good video non the less.
Is your steering wheel on the wrong side of the car?
@@HerbOMatic Nope. Just as a general thing with cars as a whole. There is always gonna be exeptions to the rule. But I agree with what you said if I put a mostly infront of it :)
Loved your video. You are funny!
Subscribed good shiit man
It was good that your thermostat was ok when you left the blue mixture in the system.
Did u change the oil once or twice after the milk shake? Any updates since its been a year on how the sealer is holding up?
Hey, when does the thermostat get put back into the block?
I’m getting ready to use this stuff on my Jeep and I think that after running it for a day or so I can drain off a couple gallons, replace the thermostat and refill with the Blue Devil mix I drained off. I assume I will get higher temperatures that way.
Does this make sense? Or will this cause this stuff to try and do it’s thing in the hotter block and thermostat thereby gumming up everything?
So I want to know when it is best to install the thermostat. I’m wondering if it is best to do the thermostat after draining and filling with coolant. My understanding (?) is that you want to end up with a mix of Blue Devil and antifreeze to run on until you get to time for your next flush or at least until you forget that stuff is in there.
Thank God you saved the day 😊
I haven't laughed this hard in awhile. Shopping for a garden hose nozzle to replace the wife now. 🤣👍
I'm thankful for the PSA's, I would've drank that milkshake and vape'd that exhaust juice
did you put back the thermostat after flushing or you run it without thermostat?
Luckily I have the 98 Ford E250 cargo van with the 4.2 l V6 Essex engine so any engine work that needs done I can do it from the inside of the van with the doghouse out I've done intake gaskets and intake passage cleaning and I deleted the PCV so now the crank case is vented to air and EVAP lines are all deleted too my van is emissions exempt in VA since it's 25 years old but yea I been trying to get it to run as smoothly and perfect as possible
Pouring the blue devil(not the flush one) can you do it with anti freeze? Or does it have to be water specifically?
I subscribe after he went out and bought new tools to make himself feel better love it me too sounds like a great idea
very informative video...thnx...😃👍
How is this holding up? How long had ut been? And how many miles?
I subscribed cause you’re FUNNY af😂
wow thats freakin awesome....
gonna try this in my eclipse maybe
So it's another stop product like the bad radiator stop that causes clogging over time. Do the makers say it permanent fix?
I tried it once but after 2 years the problem came back, so it is just temporary so we can save enough money to do a real repair. But since my lazy ass didn't save to repair I will try it once again and I will update my results.
Sometimes people get lucky with liquid band aids..however when it fails, it will be in the middle of nowhere..one person I know done this two years ago..20,000 miles no problem...his leak was tiny
How long after you use it can you tell if it worked??? how long will it smoke?
Question: When did you put the thermostat back in?
Instructions unclear. I drank the bottle of gasket sealer and car still won't start.
😂😂😂 update???
I cracked up when you were inspecting the spark plug. How’s it holding up?
Do you leave the distill water after treatment?
ty, and the comedy is great
Super tech oil is actually very good oil they tested it with a bunch of other oils on the farm channel I can't remember the whole name of the channel but super tech did very good against the other oils
I use it in my vehicles for many years keeps my engine clean runs great.
Great video, as always. Glad you put some warning signs up! Milkshakes be making you fat anyway! 😀 I appreciate your humor 🙂 V10's are a beautiful engine (mostly). Remember the sound of the F1 cars when they ran them? so nice!
I gotta 01 Mitsubishi mirage wit a gasket problem. Milkshake gunk n all.. My only means of transportation, I'm glad 2 see dat dis stuff really wrks. Wonder hw lng does dis stuff really keeps a kar n wrkn condition.
How long did you wait to put your thermostat back in?
So it’s been a year now. Sounds like it’s still working? How many miles have you put on it?
Fuel line hose for the radiator overflow ? My coolant reservoir came with the hose its a car quest tank i think the previous tank was cracked and system wouldn't keep 16 psi
You are hilarious😂 Great video...
Gracias Amigo.
SuperTech isn't bad stuff, it's made by the same people who make Kirkland Signature, Amazon Basics, and Meijer brand oils (possibly more too.) I believe the manufacturer is Warren Distribution, you should be able to find that on the back of the bottle's label somewhere.
Band aid in can fix that is a temp fix.Lot of times it will wash out the piston rings too.Will have a miss with a headgasket problem
7:35 😂😂 i know the feeling all too well.
My 2010 Prius was just diagnosed with a leaky head Gasket after I brought it in, suspecting cylinder 2 & 4 were misfiring. I've never noticed Coolant disappearing and the car has never overheated, also my oil looks fine and there is no white smoke out of the tailpipe. Does this still sound like a head gasket? I did go get Blue Devil today to start this process but I am NO mechanic and I don't have the tools or ramps to work on/under my own engine.
Update
gezus blue devil's up over $50 a bottle, it used to be half that price, that's crazy...
I've always had good luck with KW block seal, it was a preflush type also and never had it not work but i haven't heard good things about the block sealers that claim to work with antifreeze.....
KW is good stuff and alot cheaper then Blue Devil. All those sealers are the same stuff, sodium silicate, read the ingredients. $13 vs $60.. for the same thing, different color.
I have that scanner and the think diag Bluetooth one too
Excellent instructional video ! Excellent step by step lessons Herb.
Did you ever put the new thermostat I didn’t see you do it lol