Re: [Amc-list] Overflow, overflowing

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Many thermostats already have a bleed of some sort. Some are more obvious than
others - from a little valve on the flat part to a small notch in the seat of
the actual opening/closing part. Others have to be "modified". : )

Ken 


Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> 
> Did you get all the air out of the system? I rarely have a problem with 
> that, but once in a while, air gets trapped and prevents water from 
> contacting something in there (head, etc). I put one of thos ePrestone 
> flush tap things in the literally top-most radiator hose; when I fill 
> the radiator on my Hornet, with it warming up, I crack the Prestone 
> thing cap loose, and a lot of air hisses out, then liquid.
> 
> Another thing that helps -- and this is so stupidly simple I can't 
> believe they don't all come this way! -- is to drill a 1/6" or 1/8" hole 
> in the thermostat (carefully) so that it flows a tiny bit of water even 
> when closed.
> 
> The amount of water flow does nothing; but it allows air bubbles to leak 
> through, and the system will self-purge (into the highest point, 
> hopefully the radiator tank!).
> 
> I found this on the net, and it's one of those things that can't go 
> wrong, even if it doesn't solve your problem no harm done.
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