Depending on how much you have invested n the car and in the engine, you may just want to drop it off at a shop, if your answer is going to be a steep hill.
-- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Corvette Coolant System Question The problem is the engine sits above the radiator, so a few moments after starting the car, the coolant pushes from the engine to the radiator and the coolant then leaks out of the cap. I'm not sure if you guys are joking about the steep hill, but it's worth a shot. I just need to get the radiator cap above the engine. I can't get it on any normal ramps since the front spoiler is so close to the ground, but I know of a few steep hills. As far as the problem, the air bubble causes the engine temp to deviate 15-20 degrees, depending on the driving conditions. That is a pretty bad shock to an engine's dimensions. I'd rather reduce the number of instances where the temp shoots up 20 degrees, if I can. Plus, that damn "Low Coolant" light bugs the piss out of me. ;^) -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Corvette Coolant System Question Take off he radiator cap. Turn on the car. Should be all she wrote. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:08 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Corvette Coolant System Question I have an '86 vette on which I recently replaced the radiator, thermostat and did a few other things to the coolant system. Therefore, I lost all of the coolant and had to replace it. Now, I have an air pocket that's travelling through the coolant system and I cannot find out to bleed the air. I have talked to a couple of people that said there should be a bleed screw on top of the thermostat housing, but there is not. They said this car is unusual in that the engine sits higher than the radiator and therefore the air cannot be released by the radiator as in most other vehicles. I'm positive that I'm not losing any coolant anywhere. Any ideas? One guy said I could just tap the thermostat housing and insert a valve to release the air, but I don't want to do that until I have tried any other options. Certainly, this car has had the coolant drained before but the air pocket hasn't happened until I did that work recently. One thought is to totally drain the coolant system and refill it again hoping that it will work itself out. Thanks! M!chael A Dawson Manager of Web Applications Office of Technology Services University of Evansville 1800 Lincoln Avenue Evansville, IN 47722 812-488-2581 MSN Messenger ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary numbers and those who don't." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203274 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
