Gary, I recently changed my waterpump and thermostat and found that my bleeder hose had been plugged, most likely with some kind of rad seal the PO had put in prior to changing the heads. The diameter of the hole to the bleeder is small, less than 1/16th of an inch, after all it's just a high point vent. I'd recommend popping the thermostat housing off and cleaning if you have suspicions. Regards, Mike Pedersen Powell River, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
> assuming that your thermostat is wide open, what kind > of flow can you expect from the waterpump to the > radiator as measured by removing the bleeder bolt > completely. It always seemed kind of slow to me? > I would expect about a gallon in 10 minutes??? > regards gary > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus |
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