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Subject:Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:59:37 -0500

At 10:37 PM 1/6/2004, David Brodbeck wrote:
>On my diesel, at least, it's on the output side.  Gas engines may have
>different hose routings, but on my diesel coolant enters the rad through the
>bottom hose, makes a pass through the bottom half of the radiator, turns
>around and makes a pass through the top half, then exits via the upper hose.
>This is actually a nice bit of engineering, since it means that the flow as
>well as buoyancy pushes bubbles towards the bleeder.

Then my WAG is undoubtedly wrong...

;)
d

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