Heh - reminds me of the old '78 Ford Bronco I had in high school. Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > 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." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
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