I got my kit from Toby at delorean-parts.com and installed it this afternoon. Toby also sent me a personal email advising that air may not only be trapped at the water pump (what the self-bleeder bypass solves) but also at the rad. He suggested loosening the small hose at the top right side of the rad to release any air there too. When I did there was a little coolant, bubbles and then air! It wasn't much but enough to cause an air lock. When I warmed the engine I could feel the coolant flowing through the bypass and the fans kicked in normally a little while later. Could it be possible that you still had some air in the rad that worked it's way through the bypass after cooling off? P.S. A big Thanks to Toby for the advice. Mike Walsh 17084 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "supermattthehero" <supermatty@xxxx> wrote: > This isn't a problem anymore for me, but I wanted to share my > experience installing the coolant self-bleeder and allow you folks > to try and make sense of it. > After I correctly installed the self-bleeder, I ran my car for > awhile, and after 20 minutes I noticed a few things. The first > being that the temperature was 220 degrees, and the fans still had > not kicked on. The other is that my stainless header bottle was > cool to the touch. This I thought was very strange. I shut it off > in fear of overheating. > Immediately I went back to the engine compartment, observing my > header bottle was cool to the touch, so I twisted it open. No > coolant splashed out at me, but rather I heard a few seconds > of "gurgling" noises. With that, I screwed the cap back on and came > back to the car a few hours later. I started it and let it run, and > this time my coolant bottle heated up normally, and my fans kicked > on between 160 and 220 as usual. I have not had the original > problem since. > > So what the heck just happened here? It seemed as though the > coolant had "stopped up" in the engine, but after I opened the > header bottle cap, it somehow opened back up again. > > > Matt > #1604 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/