Black electrical tape :)
On 4/7/06, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:203282 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
