Murray, Just thought I would tell you that I am the inventor of the "air bleed by pass". Here is how it came about. In 1989 when my DeLorean turned 150K miles the engine developed a leaky head gasket which caused air to be trapped at the thermostat. I knew that if I could bleed the air from the system on a continuous basis I could continue to drive the car. I already knew that there was an air bleed hose running from the top of the radiator back to the coolant bottle. I realized that if I could do the same at the thermostat it should solve the problem. After I did the modification the problem was corrected. After several months of field testing I started to install the modification on customers cars. Several years ago one of those cars traveled up to one of the big DeLorean shows and the owner said that many of the participants in the show were very interested in the set up. Shortly after that I heard that someone from a club up north was selling the device to other DeLorean owners. No harm done, I am glad to know that something I developed was helping other DeLorean owners. However, I would like everyone to know that It was developed by yours truly, or better yet I will give credit to DeLorean Services. I believe there is a clause in my contract that reads that anything I invent belongs to the company. This should keep our legal department happy; ha! ha! NOTE: TO PROTECT OUR E-MAIL SYSTEM FROM VIRUS INVASIONS WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ATTACHED FILES. DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx> Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com> ---------- > From: Murray Fisher <murrayf@xxxx> > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DML] Re: DML: 5 Year Coolant, Take II > Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 10:48 AM > > Hi Mike, > Thanks for that info, it is what I was looking for. I assume then that > it is the Prestone brand. I will look into getting mine changed and insist > on a very thorough flush job. I am 78 years old and don't bend as well as > I used to, so hire most things done, although I have done everything you can > name to cars and engines over my lifetime. I am good at supervising tho. > Ho Ho. Joe says my mileage would indicate that my present antifreeze is > still within its limits. Also got two notes from others who say when they > bought their cars brand new it had this same bright blue coolant in it! I > have not found out just what brand it is yet, but one of them said his still > has it in it. Yes, I know about the corrosion etc, so want to get it > changed quickly. Thanks again. > BTW by any chance can you give me any info on draining and refilling the > coolant properly. I see your input on here quite often and thought you > might know this. I remember in the olden days we used to drain the petcock > on the radiator and then another one on the block itself in order to get all > the old coolant out. I might mention that I have the mod in my cooling > system where a by pass tube goes from the upper engine center rear, to the > "front" of the plastic reservoir. I got this from the Pacific Northwest > Club in Seattle, Wa, who have developed it. It works great and no problems. > Re Joes comments, I would think that TIME would be the constriction > rather than MILEAGE, but who am I to know! > Murray Vin:5962 Lic:DMC-XII > murrayf@xxxx > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BrainPlay.com has all of your favorite Star Wars action figures, > toys, video games and more. See details inside on how to receive > a FREE Star Wars Action Figure! ?Feel the Force? today with > BrainPlay.com at: http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/343 > > > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications