05-25-2005, 02:29 PM
Myles (courte recherche dans blatchat/techtalk)
(Myles n'a pas de chauffage)
qte :
Basically (IIRC), after draining, I raised the front of the car to the max-height safely achievable with my axle-stands, then disconnected the radiator top-hose (rad end) and the expansion cap, and filled the system as best I could via both the hose and expansion tank.
When you get to the point of not being able to add any more to the hose, reattach it to the rad (ok, you'll lose a little coolant, but don't panic). Undo the rad bleed screw and massage the pipes a bit to try and encourage air to the highest points in the system (top of rad and expansion tank). Refit the expansion cap and tighten the bleed screw and run the engine for a bit - keeping a careful eye on the expansion tank. I'd expect to see it burp and bubble a few times.
If (after burping etc.) the level drops significantly, stop the engine and add a bit more coolant. I think I periodically stopped the engine and undid the cap and bleed screw a few times for good measure too.
When everthing looks more or less stable, drop the car off the axle stands and restart the engine - leaving it running long-enough to get up to operating temp and for the thermostat to open and coolant to start flowing through the rad - you can check if this has started by feeling the bottom rad hose.
I kept an eye on the temp gauge (wild fluctuations suggest air in the system) and just kept running the engine with periodic pauses to massage the pipes and relieve the cap and bleed screw until the system seemed happy. Then took it out for an easy run - watching the temp gauge like a hawk.
That was it really - it just worked.
The only problem I had (well, two actually) was that I didn't tighten the top hose jubilee clip properly (use a socket, not a screwdriver) - the hose is rather substantial and takes quite a bit of effort to compress. The second problem was equally of my own making - I had replaced the thermostat with a lower rated one (82 instead of 88degC) - and hadn't lubricated the rubber o-ring that seals the thermo housing into the block - as a result, it broke and leaked - but a replacement cost only 50p...
uqte
massage powaaa...
En montant ta cat sur tes rampes, quitte à rajouter des cales dessous, ça devrait suffire.
Même si avec ton bleed-T tu n'es pas censé en arriver là...
(Myles n'a pas de chauffage)
qte :
Basically (IIRC), after draining, I raised the front of the car to the max-height safely achievable with my axle-stands, then disconnected the radiator top-hose (rad end) and the expansion cap, and filled the system as best I could via both the hose and expansion tank.
When you get to the point of not being able to add any more to the hose, reattach it to the rad (ok, you'll lose a little coolant, but don't panic). Undo the rad bleed screw and massage the pipes a bit to try and encourage air to the highest points in the system (top of rad and expansion tank). Refit the expansion cap and tighten the bleed screw and run the engine for a bit - keeping a careful eye on the expansion tank. I'd expect to see it burp and bubble a few times.
If (after burping etc.) the level drops significantly, stop the engine and add a bit more coolant. I think I periodically stopped the engine and undid the cap and bleed screw a few times for good measure too.
When everthing looks more or less stable, drop the car off the axle stands and restart the engine - leaving it running long-enough to get up to operating temp and for the thermostat to open and coolant to start flowing through the rad - you can check if this has started by feeling the bottom rad hose.
I kept an eye on the temp gauge (wild fluctuations suggest air in the system) and just kept running the engine with periodic pauses to massage the pipes and relieve the cap and bleed screw until the system seemed happy. Then took it out for an easy run - watching the temp gauge like a hawk.
That was it really - it just worked.
The only problem I had (well, two actually) was that I didn't tighten the top hose jubilee clip properly (use a socket, not a screwdriver) - the hose is rather substantial and takes quite a bit of effort to compress. The second problem was equally of my own making - I had replaced the thermostat with a lower rated one (82 instead of 88degC) - and hadn't lubricated the rubber o-ring that seals the thermo housing into the block - as a result, it broke and leaked - but a replacement cost only 50p...
uqte
massage powaaa...
En montant ta cat sur tes rampes, quitte à rajouter des cales dessous, ça devrait suffire.
Même si avec ton bleed-T tu n'es pas censé en arriver là...
