Was thinking back to my most horrible car related story for some reason. Here it is... please share yours as well.
I had a 1974 Plymouth Duster as my first car and I had a leak in my radiator. I bought some stop leak and poured it in as per the directions. The leak went away and everything seemed cool...... Well, a couple of weeks later I drop it down into second gear (3 speed auto) to pass a car and coolant starts running into the car!!!!! The heater core sprung a leak!!!! The floorboards would turn green everytime I floored the thing. hahahaha
That is not the end. After replacing the heater core and finding out that it was plugged from the stop leak my car overheated and left me stranded. I replaced the radiator and found out it was plugged due to the stop leak. hahaha... Not the end... here's the kicker.....
The car overheating caused one of my valves to go bad and I lost compression in the cylinder. I had to have a valve job done.
So, total cost..... $2.50 for the stop leak and it resulted in a new heater core, a new radiator and a valve job!!!!!!!
Ouch
