AARGGGG! Bar's Leaks Introduces a Killer for Cash for Clunkers Turn-ins

SEE ALSO: Cash For Clunkers Consumer Guide-Qualifying Vehicles

But First Co-publishers Note: Boy do I feel like a disloyal jerk...my 1992 Volvo 940 Turbo with 210,000 miles will be abandoned and turned in as a clunker against the purchase of a new hybrid SUV (improvement of 11 MPG thank-you). Yeah I know she isn’t what she used to be (but hey who is?), and I know that continuing to use her everyday is really pushing our luck, and that now she is worth more as the clunker that she is than as a rat hole for mechanic’s expenses, ok that’s the reality.

But do I feel good and proud and excited about my new super deluxe car…NO! I can only think of some grease monkey at the dealership smiling with joy as she/he pours this poison into my trusty steed’s gut and then revving her over redline…until her heart stops...how sad.

I have never before felt this way when disposing of an old car of mine...is it because I am older or is it because of the definitive finality of this ignominious end for a car that has been more than terrific to my family over these past 17 years.?

My turbo charged, leather interior-ed, power window-ed old girl still has most of her original parts that were stuffed into her in Gothenburg 18 years ago, and her turbo still purrs and she can still cut a mean corner…enough of these maudlin thoughts…I have to think positive thoughts right now…hmmm, maybe her steel will end up in a new life saving medical device or end up in the bomb casing that rids our planet of the vermin that exists here…I can only hope.

As I drive down the road over the next two decades(hopefully) in my hybrid suv I will continually think, "hey new car you’ve got big tires to fill"...so RIP my good servant and companion…I know that if there is a heaven for great cars you will surely have a rock star's parking spot, so rock on gray lady!. Do any other car nuts out there feel the same way as I do? bgordon@theautochannel.com

HOLLY, Mich., Aug. 5, 2009; Car dealers must destroy the engines of every vehicle they take in through the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) Program, formerly known as "Cash for Clunkers." They can do so by using new Bar's Leaks DiFM Rendering Chemical Sodium Silicate or Bar's Leaks Head Gasket Repair.

Unlike Head Gasket Repair and other sodium silicate (liquid glass) products that are sold to fix vehicles, Bar's Leaks DiFM Rendering Chemical Sodium Silicate was developed specifically to meet the requirements outlined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for CARS/Cash for Clunkers.

"We have worked directly with Department of Transportation officials and have invested considerable research to develop an engine disabling product that meets CARS specifications," explains Clay Parks, vice president of development for Bar's Products, manufacturer of Bar's Leaks. "We are the only manufacturer offering such a product in large, cost-effective sizes for dealers."

The Engine Disablement Procedures for the CARS Program call for dealers to drain all engine oil from the trade-in vehicle, re-install the oil drain plug, add two quarts of the sodium silicate solution, replace the oil fill cap and run the engine at 2000 rpm until the engine stops.

"The agency has tested this method at its Vehicle Research and Test Center and found it safe, quick, and effective," notes the NHTSA Final Rule for CARS.

Bar's Leaks DiFM Rendering Chemical Sodium Silicate is available in three sizes: one-gallon bottles (p/n RC128) good for two renderings, five-gallon pails (p/n RC640) used for 10 renderings and 55-gallon drums (p/n RC7040) for 110 renderings.

Bar's Leaks Head Gasket Repair (p/n 1100) is sold in 20 oz. bottles through automotive repair outlets nationwide. Four bottles of Head Gasket Repair must be used to disable an engine per CARS standards. All Bar's Leaks products are made in the U.S.A.

For more information about Bar's Leaks DiFM Rendering Chemical Sodium Silicate, visit the Bar's Leaks Professional DiFM Web site at www.barsleaksdifm.com or call the technician hotline at (800) 345-6572. You can also follow Bar's Products on Twitter at http://twitter.com/barsproducts.

Bar's Products offers a full line of vehicle chemicals, including Bar's Leaks, the world's most trusted stop-leak brand since 1947, and Rislone , America's best-selling engine treatment brand for more than 80 years.