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Pepper in a boiler

Dr. Pepper, in the form of Dave Sutton, has worked miracles in the past

:)

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  • Gecko
    Gecko Member Posts: 2
    Pepper in a boiler

    Has anyone ever heard of or tried using pepper (granulated) as temporary fix for a leak in a cast iron hot water boiler?
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,019
    Not Pepper

    But Oatmeal works..... You get breakfast too


    Plug up everything in a hot water system. We use to hammer in lead in larger cracks first. Learned to just shut them down. The good deed is not worth the law suit....And others would run it for years if they could.

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  • oil-2-4-6-gas
    oil-2-4-6-gas Member Posts: 641


    there are many products for this --i've used a few with mixed results --some will slow the leak down others i have had running for years and still holding --- it all depends on what the leak is -if its a gasket your out of luck --if its a small crack it will help personally i like the IPC brands' stop leak
  • Gecko
    Gecko Member Posts: 2


    Thanks for the comments.
  • mtfallsmikey
    mtfallsmikey Member Posts: 765
    Put it in a

    Car radiator before...worked for a while
  • Jim_64
    Jim_64 Member Posts: 253
    hey mikey

    who'd you say you're working for now?
  • Rick_90
    Rick_90 Member Posts: 1
    A frenchman staying at a hotel

    phoned room service for some pepper. "Black pepper, or white pepper?" he was asked.

    "Toilet pepper!"
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