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Old May 18, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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My truck seems to be leaking oil. Everything under the truck is covered in crusted on oil since I bought it, so i can't figure out where it's leaking too easily. It actually looked like the drain plug was leaking, so I tightened it and it's still leaking. I saw a product on TV that was a stop-leak, but it actually had a UV additive so you could see where it was leaking from by using a blacklight, and if it was still leaking after you use the stop leak. I looked for it at CSK but they hadn't heard of it. Anyone know about it, or can recommend a stop-leak product that actually works?
 
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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DON'T use a stop leak product. Get under there and clean everything up and find your leak first. Then decide on a coarse of action.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Ya I figured they were crap. The UV indicator would have been handy.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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You can get that UV dye by itself, your local dealer may even give you some in hopes they will get the repair job.
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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Okay cool. Where can I find the dye? Just a dealership? They didn't have it at CSK. I just moved down here, so I don't know where anything is yet.
 
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