[DML] Re: Coolant self-bleeder antics
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[DML] Re: Coolant self-bleeder antics



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




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