

| Subject: | was "..Air prevents fan? - AIR BLEED PROCEDURE |
| From: | Dustin Fitch |
| Date: | Tue, 20 May 2003 22:58:50 EDT |
Yes, sorry for the delay, I was out for a day. Ok, here is the procedure for bleeding air when filling the coolant: Engine stone cold Make sure all hoses are installed correctly. Direction of coolant flow does matter. Open both heater valves. Open t-stat bypass valve. Remove pressure cap Fill main bottle; keep filling...if level goes down, block is filling up. Get friend to help Start engine and hold fast idle. 2,000-2,500 rpm. Open radiator bleeder screw Keep main bottle filled, coolant will go down to fill radiator and heater circuits When steady stream comes out of radiator, close bleeder screw. top off main tank, install cap. Allow engine to return to normal idle (if cap is not on, the collant will flow back out) Re-install hose from cap to rear expansion tank. You should be done bleeding. Observe operation. Make sure water is flowing to both heaters (you get heat). If so, turn them off. This should take less than 5 minutes. As engine approaches normal temp, make sure water is flowing through radiator, when radiator gets hot, make sure fan operates. If water does not flow through the radiator, the system may be air locked again. Let it cool down and repeat the bleed. Top off expansion tank. Look for leaks, make sure all is well and thermo switch is connected and relay is good. SMALL amounts of air will work out after a few warm up cool down cycles without bleeding air at radiator again if the system is healthy. Make sure the pressure cap is working;. If water is not flwoing, the fan will never turn on as the fan switch is int he radiator. The radiator can also crack internally allowing the water to enter and exit without flowing throught the core.
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