There's a screw on top of the radiator for bleeding trapped air. Remove the plastic grille. Let it build up a little pressure and you loosen the screw to let any bubbles out. But to tell the truth, I have never had to do this. Glad it worked out (thus far). --Gnarlie
Entity Felder spoke thus: > Well, it started anyway, which calmed my torque-shattered nerves after > pulling up those threads last week. Thanks to the group for all the > help. Throwing away those spacers did the trick, and I didn't put in a > helicoil kit. I may regret that come the next torque stage, but my shop > mechanic talked me into it. > > Three hours fifty minutes from bare block to introducing coolant back > into the system and cranked. > > I'll get around to bleeding it tomorrow evening I hope. Just enough > coolant any now (sitting level) to fill the tank. > > Which brings me to my question: I don't really "get" the instructions > in Bently about bleeding, especially whether/when the coolant tank > should be open or closed. > > Do you leave the coolant tank open and keep adding coolant, or do you > leave it shut and stop the engine every few minutes to top it up? > > Obviously, after the thermostat opens you've got a lot more to put in, > then more as the radiator fills. > > Any tricks? > > thanks, > > Jim > |
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