Still running hot after new t-stat & burp!!?!?!?!!!

Nothing petty about your motor overheating....


LOL, by the way. Jeff turns a lot of his times without his belts on... hahaha.

 

Any time man. You can't learn without asking questions. We all did for the first time at some point in our lives too.

 

Sweet bro. Thanks again.

Well I just added another 24oz. of distilled water, and still got no bled water. So I'm gonna stop there after about 40oz. total water added, and wait til I can get some Zerex tomorrow...........

 

Damn Chase. I think you need to get a new reservoir and have it painted but leaving a window. lol

Looks like the crew have you well taken care of.

Yes, Cam gave me the trick of blowing into the reservoir. You are NOT adding more air, rather forcing the fluid to POP the air pocket and move it out the breather plug. Sheesh...

Since Chase has added so much liquid, it appears that he had several air pockets throughout the system. I had this issue back in May of 07 coming back from California Speedway, except I was on I15 at the time just out side of Barstow. Fortunately Snehal and his brother Sachin (Brian for Hal) were following. 6 hours later, new t-stat and a complete flush, still couldn't fix the problem...


hmmm Chase, REPLACE your Rad Cap. That is EXACTLY what my issue was above...

 

is it me, or does 40oz of fluid seem like a lot to be missing???? and i get the feeling he will be able to add even more!!! funny that it started suddenly with not messing around with the system??? i knew my recent issue was the t-stat because the temps would rise and fall big time at random times. yes, i use the stant and have had zero issues!! it actually holds better/cooler/consistent temps than the napa unit i had for so long.

anyway, the last time i did a flush for my coolant gunk issue way back when, i remember the only way i could get all the air out was running the car with the rad cap off and just let it bubble over until all the air was out!!! very messy, but effective!!!

another thing i have done just recently when i was having issues with my air/water set up for my blower, i put a garden hose in the resivour and slowly ran water into the system to force the air pockets out!!!! lol again, a bit messy, but effective!!!

 

Ok... I could be wrong here but it sounded like Chase took the overflow hose loose from the resevoir and blew into that end ... I'm thinking there are 2 resevoirs. One is the overflow tank where you add water. Then the other one is the resevoir on top of the radiator tubing.

you think maybe you guys were blowing into different ones? :whistle: just askin...

 

Actually the overflow tube was my thought, not Cam's.

Chase did try Cam's trick which was blowing into the radiator neck. Chase did hear the pop and gurgling (lol as Cam explained it).

 

Sometimes I think maybe Cam works a bit too late... I could see pressurizing the overflow tank by blowing into the top hose on that? and forcing water (assuming the overflow tank isn't dry...) into the top radiator tank and breaking some sort of air lock there? I'm going with Cam having just medicated -- or forgot to medicate and was overdue. hahaha

 

meh, We all have our own tricks.

I have done the Rad Cap removal and run until it burps out the rad (like Chris has done). It is messy, but very effective. lol

I still think Chase has a cap issue. Been there done that a couple times with this car.

 

I'll go with the under... Let's figure he started out with a full charge of coolant. If the cap was bad and allowed it to suck air as it cooled off every time, then coolant would have been displaced. Either a completely full overflow tank or coolant in the engine bay/on the ground. If there was a drop of coolant anywhere outside of the system Chase would have found it, and his overflow tank is a long ways from full.

Heh, Chase, you did see coolant in the overflow tank right? It wasn't bone dry was it?

 

When I was talking with Chase today, the reservoir was half full...

And when I had the cap issue, I was not leaking any fluid, yet my reservoir still had coolant in it...

 

Chase, did you say that this happened out of the blue, even before the tstat change?

So where did all of the coolant go? Have you checked your oil level, lately?

 

^^^^^ exactly!!!! just seems to me that is an awful lot of coolant to be..... well..... just gone! i would be concerned that i had a little bigger issue. chase, check the oil....... just in case!!

 

Hmmm, Probably wouldn't take a whole lot of air to create an "air lock". Maybe not enough to really make a huge diff in the overflow tank.

What type of t-stat were you using? bleeder hole or not?

 

I was had the motorad 180...

 

It was NOT bone dry. Yes, there was fluid in there. I'll go ahead and start using the spare rad cap I have (from the Jeep) from here on out. When I put her all back together. And no, no fluid leaking. Garage floor stays dry.

 

Yes. I DID the t-stat change BECAUSE it started happening, and I thought it would fix it.

I know I'm a dipshit, but what does the oil have to do with the coolant??? Explain.....

 

You don't want to know.

Normally they're totally separate systems, but if you have a cracked block you'll get oil in the coolant and/or coolant in the oil.

 

Wow. Okay. I get it. So should I go check the oil now? While the engine is cold? I'm scared as hell right now.......

 

Don't sweat it until all the small stuff is taken care of. If you're really worried, check to see if your coolant looks like chocolate milk or if your oil has water droplets on the dipstick.