

| Subject: | Re: Air in the system |
| From: | Ed Sato |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:47:43 -1000 |
Maybe you should be you hit it right on the nose. Aloha, Ed On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:38:46 -0600 Simon Reinhardt <simon@FARRSIDE.NET> writes: > The problem seems to be that everyone thinks this method will force > the > air back into some other part of the system. > Now, I'm no fizzics perfessor, but empirical evidence gathered over > my > lifetime would suggest to me that, with all other bleeders and caps > closed, opening the radiator bleed hole while there's a bottle of > fluid > trying to get into it will put fluid into the bleed hole... and > force > any air OUT THE SAME HOLE. > Any fluid dynamical types out there who know a reason why this > wouldn't > hold true, please post your experiences... > -Simon > > On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 12:39 PM, wb6otg wrote: > > > I have posted this solution a time or two also, but no one seem > to > > want to do it this way. > > > > Bill > > > > --------------------------- > > I don't know if anyone remembers this but awhile back I posted a > > solution > > to filling the radiator from the bleeder hole with the engine > cold. > > You > > use a plastic juice jug and a 3 feet length of aquarium air > line. > > Puncture the bottom of the juice jug so the hole will fit the air > line > > snugly. Put the other end in the radiator bleed hole. Fill the > jug > > with > > premix fluid and fill till fluid comes out the bleed hole. You > won't > > believe how fast and easy this method is. It is also fool proof. > Hope > > everyone gets it this time. Aloha, Ed Sato > > > >
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