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Any one ever try Thermogasket?

I tried Thermogasket as a last ditch effort to save my 1990 Dodge Spirit from the scrap yard. The symptom was that the temp gauge was reading at the high end of the range, even though the engine was not that hot. A tune up shop confirmed the presence of exhaust in the coolant.

I tried Thermogasket, using their "freezing tempurature" procedure. This involves making three 50 mile trips with an hour in between in a single day, as opposed to keeping it in the car for 400 miles. This is supposed to cure the repair. I would have had to wait until spring to the 400 mile route.

Anyway, at first it looked like it was working. The gauge dropped to the middle of the normal range. I took it on the three 50 mile mile trips. On the interstate, the gauge read only to the first line in the range. I thought that my problems were over.

I came home, flushed the system with water as advised, and re-filled with the anti-freeze/water mixture. I even replaced the thermostat, as it took some time to open during the start of the third trip. I then took it on a test drive. As soon as I did, the gauge moved to the far end of the normal range, just like it did before.

They claim to have a 92% success rate. It is almost like the anti- freeze disolved the repair that was in place. They have a money back guarantee, which it looks like I will be using.

Any opinions welcome.

Thanks,

Kirk Matheson

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kmatheson
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snipped-for-privacy@sisna.com wrote: > ...They have a money back

Wow - I was thinking it was maybe a $10 product, and that a money back guarantee would have no sway in purchasing it, but a Google search shows it to be a $100 product. By all means - get your money back.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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Bill Putney

On their website, they have lots of success stories. I believed that it would be hard for them to fabricate all of them.

If it would have worked, it would have been worth the $100. It actually did work for awhile. In my experience, these types of products don't work from the outset, if they are not going to.

-KM

maybe a $10 product, and that a money back

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kmatheson

Of course they have a 92% success rate. The reason is that virtually everyone that buys the stuff doesen't bother flushing it out, they just leave it in and immediately sell the car. Most of the folks buying that stuff are trying to pawn off $1000 vehicles, not $300 vehicles.

Ted

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Ted Mittelstaedt

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