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Subject:Re: Air in the system
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:05:05 -0300

Mike Collum Wrote:

> Whenever I employ this method with the nose in the air (parked heading
> up a steep hill) I have to pinch off the overflow hose between the
> expansion tank and the overflow tank or gravity, when the radiator
> bleeder is open, will cause coolant flow out the low point while I'm
> trying to "Top off" at the high point.

Not sure if you're trying to make a joke or not,  but IF! this is true, then
you have a VERY faulty cap on the overflow tank and it needs to be
replaced sooner rather than later.  M