Bleeding cooling system

Riceburner · Post by **Riceburner** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:12 am

I changed my water pump on my V6 Ford last night, now its running hot. How do I go about bleeding it?

Post by **JohanM** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:46 am

Put a 4Y or 7M in it.......

Run the engine without the radiator cap and also switch on the heater and then let the motor idle until its starts to warms up. Then let it cool down, top up the radiator, put the cap back then then go drive it and run the heater for a while to make sure that there is no airlock in the system.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:47 am

to add to JohanM's post. You can also undo the top hose from you radiator and pour water in there until it is full and re-attach the hose to the radiator. Idle the motor without the radiator-cap and trickle water into the radiator until no more bubbles.

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m2cw

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:43 pm

Jy kan ook die boonste radiator hose soos 'n pomp gebruik (as die prop af is sodat jy kan sien hoe die lug uitkom) om airlocks uit die systeem te pomp

Riceburner · Post by **Riceburner** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:14 am

Top hose was not getting warm, replaced thermostat. 100%. I first tested the thermostat in boiling water, it only opened when the wate was boiling.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:27 am

So she's okay now??

Riceburner · Post by **Riceburner** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:43 am

yip, I also removed the aircon radiator from the front. Pulls in air nicely.

ThysdJ · Post by **ThysdJ** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:45 am

good... she should be fine now..

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