Short answer: probably not
Long answer:
it is the same question I asked myself around october/november. I put some Bar's Leaks in it around november 15th. It even helped: I had no more coolant loss... so I drove it to my parents on christmas day, this is a little less than 100 miles (145 km). We made it... so we drove it back in the evening. Almost immediately the low coolant level came on. Noticed foam and a lot of pressure in the cooling system. Filled it up with coolant, 8 miles further up, low coolant light came on again. More foam and lots of pressure. Filled it up with my last spare amount, got some more at a gas station 30 miles further, just to be sure.
Added some more at this point, big bubbles came into the tank. Light didn't come on and the temperature gauge stayed dead in the middle. After about 60 miles (90km ) I heard a soft "plop". Didn't immidiately register, I was the only one in the car that heard it, and I'm hard of hearing, so I thought I'd imagined it. Seconds later, I looked in the rear view mirror and wondered where the fog all of a sudden came from... it took me maybe 5 microseconds to realize it came from under the car
pulled it over. I just passed a breakdown service car of the national auto club when it happened and he followed me. Since I am a member he arranged free flatbed service to get us and the car home... I don't have a nice workshop so can only work on it in the weekends, because it's dark at 5pm here atm. Got the last head off yesterday. Gonna order the parts shortly. I have some questions about that, but I'll not hijack this thread for it
Found the hose that eventually couldn't withstand the pressure. It was the one from the intake manifold to the pipes going into the heater.
All in all, since I put the Bar's Leaks in, it maybe drove 350 miles before it blew. We don't drive very often, holding out till spring would have suited me just fine though
Cheers.
