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Post by tod on Aug 28, 2017 19:40:30 GMT
Did you put the rad cap on before you started it ? If so run it with the cap off for a few minutes until the thermostat opens this will allow the air to escape out of the filler neck . You should see bubbles in the water in the filler neck escaping , you may then notice the level drop which you can top up . As the heater is above the radiator it will be full of air and will take a while to bleed through . keep checking the heater hoses to see if they start to warm up , if not air is still in the system . Even after you think you have purged all the air out I would try doing it again just to make sure the next time you start it from cold .
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Post by Geordie Mike on Aug 28, 2017 20:59:23 GMT
Thanks tod, I'll do that.
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Post by ady on Aug 29, 2017 18:58:44 GMT
Mike. Yoou say in your other thread that you have Smoke comming from the core plug on the rear of the engien. The one on the back of the head goes to the water system, and it can start to leak, producing steam. This could be causing your overheating and coolant loss problems.
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Post by Geordie Mike on Aug 29, 2017 19:56:13 GMT
Hi ady, yes it is steam, not smoke as I thought. As long as I keep it topped up it is ok. My temperature guage must be faulty as it never even gets to the middle. Going to put radweld in until I'm ready to take the body off, will tackle it properly then if it doesn't blow up in the meantime.
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Post by vannin on Sept 2, 2017 10:10:08 GMT
if you use radweld bypass your heater first as you'll end up with a blocked matrix so that it doesn't work at all admittedly compared with a heater that hardly works |
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