I used bars leak head seal my 2009 toyota Corolla ran fine for about an hour

Asked by Carchick09 Dec 01, 2016 at 03:10 PM about the 2009 Toyota Corolla Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2009 toyota Corolla has a leak so i
used bar's leak head seal .it stopped the
white smoke and the car ran fine for an
hour.it started to run hot so i turned it off
and now it will not crank.and also my oil
is now milky it wasn't before.i did just
what the directions said do can you guys
help me a.s.a.p plz

2 Answers

You have a head gasket leak that the Bars leak could not stop. I hope you did not ruin your engine but it sounds like bad news.

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That stuff is only good when it catches a potential leak early on. Yours is too far gone it seems for any stop-gap solution like Bars. Get it to a mechanic's and let them do a compression test on it, but be prepared for the bad news.

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