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dvleemin
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Jun 01, 2014

Question on getting rid of air locks in coolant

Hi, I just changed my hot water tank, which has a heat exchanger. In the process, I lost more coolant than I wanted. So I added coolant back into the reservoir, and when I started the engine I got ...
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dvleemin
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Jun 01, 2014
Matt_Colie wrote:
Darryl,

I do not know the specifics of your cooling system, but there are very few that can be filled in a single thermal cycle. If the reservoir you filled is not a de-areator, then you have not filled the system. If the actual radiator has a cap, try filling it there next. it will still probably take three or more thermal cycles until it is truly full.

Matt


By thermal cycle I assume you mean run the engine until it warms up enough to open the thermostat? How hot is that?

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