saleen coupe

my car is getting hot after a h/c/i swap but i never did burp the cooling system and i have a new water pump t-stat and fan is working good but its still getting too hot so how do i burp the cooling system.

Blckstng93

How hot?

luckythirteen13

they way i always do it is after filling the cooling system i just run the car till its warm enough to open the the stat then shut the car down. let it cool down and fill the radiator back up

saleen coupe

the car gets hot it's not in the red but its well above half way, so i should run the car till it gets warm and then fill the radiator back up. i had someone tell me to remove the radiator cap and let the car idle with the cap off and that will let the air out and just fill it back up and alsoput some coolant in the resevoir is this right i was kind of scared to do this.

subhumantat

an even cheesier way of doing it is take the rad cap off and start the car. Then while it is warming up it will start to suck up the fluid and drain your rad. Then you slowlykeep filling you rad too near the topuntil it starts to overflow and quikly put the cap back on then your done

subhumantat

^again yes, that will do just fine

P Zero

As your filling it, when its almost full, with the rad car off, squeeze the upper hose. Youll see bubbles coming out of the rad. Keep filling it and squeezing your hose .lol. Once its full and you cant get any more air bubbles out, start the car and let it run until the thermostat opens, youll see the coolant circulating in the rad. Then fill as neccessary. Also, remember when you add cold coolant itll close the t-stat for a short while.
-P.

AdderMk2

you guys love doing this stuff the hard way.. dont you??/

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saleen coupe

when i fill the radiator to the top do i put some coolant into the resevoir or what, also can you get too much coolant in.