One more thing:
Go for own experiences, not: "I believe", or I've heard" or "look at Wikipedia" or whatever.
Own experiences on maintenance is what counts, nothing else.
You are so right.....
One more thing:
Go for own experiences, not: "I believe", or I've heard" or "look at Wikipedia" or whatever.
Own experiences on maintenance is what counts, nothing else.
One more thing:
Go for own experiences, not: "I believe", or I've heard" or "look at Wikipedia" or whatever.
Own experiences on maintenance is what counts, nothing else.
One more thing:
Go for own experiences, not: "I believe", or I've heard" or "look at Wikipedia" or whatever.
Own experiences on maintenance is what counts, nothing else.
Thanks for this guide Vern - it worked a treat.Unscrew it yes but not all the way out, it has a slot up the threads which allows the air/coolant to escape after undoing it three or four turns. Do this when you first fill up then close when you see coolant coming out, run engine with heater set to hot until fan kicks in, let it cool then top up if necessary. You could then open the bleed screws again and run the engine until coolant runs out etc etc. Eventually coolant will immediately come out of the bleed screws, then you're full .
Expansion tank should only be about half full when done. The lowest place to drain the cooling system is to take the bottom hose off the radiator, this does tend to leave some coolant in the lower part of the block and in the heater, which is why you can't get get all 5.2 litres in, keep this in mind when you mix your coolant ratio.
Sorry most of this is repeating what's already been said.
The steam came out last time as well, and I hadn't flushed it on that occasion.Steam will probably be water you've got inbetween the rad fins when flushing it, I wouldn't worry about it until you've had the car running a good half hour or so, fan should kick in about 90, some seem to come in slightly earlier, and others slightly later (95 at the latest!).
I said no,
Just a bit off topic for a second - but my son was round here working on his lairy Nissan 200SX Turbo yesterday and he was studying Belladonna with her roofs open and he said:
"Dad, would you let me lower it a bit, put some wheel arch extensions on, some fatter, 13" wheels and a nice Italian steering wheel?" If so, I'll insure it for me as a daily driver to give the Nissan a rest".
I said no, but I was quite pleased he was even considering it.