On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, gary hradek wrote:

> assuming that your thermostat is wide open, what kind
> of flow can you expect from the waterpump to the
> radiator as measured by removing the bleeder bolt
> completely.   It always seemed kind of slow to me?
> I would expect about a gallon in 10 minutes???

Remember that the return path from the radiator to the engine is open when
the thermostat is open.  So what you're measuring isn't the full flow of
the water pump, it's the amount of flow out that little hole caused by the
pressure in the radiator.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
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