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kotakji2001 HowtobleedAirlockintheheatercore.noheat
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#2.Checkedupperhoseandlowerhose.Foundthatthelowerhoseis internalaudit
(ThreadStarter) cold.
#3.So,replacedthermostat 12 BodySideMoldings? 2A
#4.Addedcoolant Door...
#5.Now,stillnoheatbutlittlebetterthanbefore Today12:53AMbystearicom

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JohnEDavies Undernormalconditionsyouneverhavetobleedtheheaterjust
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wheelguy Whathasmeworriedisthatyoureplacedthethermostatwithout
Member usingaTtubekitandwithouttestingthethermostat.Testingitis

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easyusingasaucepanwithwater,solet'slookattheotherissue
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theengineblockright?Well,whenyouputthenewonein,there
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thatdoesthejobofopeningupthethermostatsothatcoolantcan
flowfromtheenginetotheradiatorislocatedinsideoftheengine
blockwhichisnownothingbutair.Sincethetempsensorisnow
surroundedonlybyair,insteadofliquid,itwillneveropenup.
 ThatiswhyyouhavetofilltheengineblockwithcoolantusingT
tubes.

Disclaimerthisisonlyaworstcasescenario.Maybeyourengine
designdoesn'trequirethistypeoffillbecauseofsomedetailinthe
coolingsystemdesignthatgetsaroundthisproblem.Still,ifitwere
mycar,I'dmakedarnsuretheengineblockhadcoolantinitafter
havingdrainedit.

Letusknowwhatyoufindoutasyoulearnwhatisactuallygoingon
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(ThreadStarter) Whenyouremovedit,yousawabunchofcoolantmixempty
outoftheengineblockright?

>Correct.

Well,whenyouputthenewonein,therewasnothingbutair
intheengineblockatthatpoint.Thetempsensorthatdoes
thejobofopeningupthethermostatsothatcoolantcanflow
fromtheenginetotheradiatorislocatedinsideoftheengine
blockwhichisnownothingbutair.Sincethetempsensoris
nowsurroundedonlybyair,insteadofliquid,itwillnever
openup.

Thatiswhyyouhavetofilltheengineblockwithcoolantusing
Ttubes.

Disclaimerthisisonlyaworstcasescenario.Maybeyour
enginedesigndoesn'trequirethistypeoffillbecauseofsome
detailinthecoolingsystemdesignthatgetsaroundthis
problem.Still,ifitweremycar,I'dmakedarnsuretheengine
blockhadcoolantinitafterhavingdrainedit.

>Firstofall,thankyoutoeveryonetoanswermy
questions.Itriedtobleedairoutbuttherewasnoradiator
cap.So,couldnotdoit.
However,IamprettysurethatTstatworksfine.How?I
checkedtheupperhoseandbottomhoseandtheyarepretty
hotenoughwhichmeansthatTstatopenswhenitishot.

>Hereisonemorething,Irealizedthattherediatorfan
doesnotmoveundernormalcondition.Itusuallymoveswhen
Idriveorstop(Notallthetime)...Imeantsometimes.
Butitdoesnotdothatanymore.
Doyouthink,itisasensorproblem?So,thatiswhythereare
noheatandfandoesnotmove?

Pleaseadvise.

Letusknowwhatyoufindoutasyoulearnwhatisactually
goingonthere.
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wheelguy Feelinghothosesdoesn'tmeanthatcoolantisflowingbecausethey
Member gethotjustbeingintheenginecompartment.Here'sabetterhose

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coolairfromtheheaterespeciallyscreams"nocoolantflow".

Ttubekitsareeasytofindandinexpensive.Isurewouldn'tdriveit
inthiscondition.Butthenagain,Iworrytoomuch

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JuneBug AllthistalkaboutaddingTfittingsisnonsense.Accordingtothe2006
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