Author Topic: Cooling Prob! (Read 9480 times)

Tonyb · « **Reply #30 on:** July 22, 2006, 01:58:38 AM »

My allen bolt was in the same condition and I used a set of lock jaw pliers to get it out. They must have gotten a deal on those allen head bastards! I can't see any reason for using just one.

2002maniac · « **Reply #31 on:** July 23, 2006, 01:00:30 AM »

I was a bit worried, but my car did just fine at Miller Motorsports Park on Friday.

it was 105 degrees and the guage went slightly past the 12:00 position

asubimmer · « **Reply #32 on:** July 25, 2006, 05:03:41 PM »

okey dokey, the new water pump is in there and I am putting everything back together. I decided to run some water through the radiator since its now the only old part of my coolant system. I took out the bleed screw and the cap, all the hoses were removed. When using a hose and putting water in where you fill, water came out from the drain plug. I closed the drain plug and water came out the bleed hole in the top. I covered the bleed hole with my finger and the water shot out of the fill hole. No water was coming out from the lower right hose hole. I then put my water hose in the lower right hole and water came out of the fill cap, drain plug and bleeder hole.

Is that all correct for the way it should flow? I thought that there would be water coming out the bottom right hole when I was putting water in the fill hole. But then it can go the opposite way so I think that may be fine?

kthanks

D. Clay · « **Reply #33 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:16:35 PM »

There is less resistance through the tank on the side of the radiator than through the radiator. The drain is on the bottom of the tank. I would close the drain, remove the cap, and try to put water through the lower hose under pressure to see if the tubes are crudded up.

asubimmer · « **Reply #34 on:** July 25, 2006, 10:48:36 PM »

welp, I put everything back together and I am at 1/4 almost all the time. If I drive it hard then I get almost up to 1/2. I am going to go to Korman in the morning to remove the bolt that broke off in the tstat housing and run a coolant pressure test. But all looks to be great now!