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Old 01-30-2013, 04:41 PM
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My car heat isint getting very hot inside the cabin.. as the pin on the dash takes about 15 minutes of driving to meet the middle.. is there an easy trick to burp the radiator and get the air out with out doing anything big?
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Old 01-30-2013, 11:37 PM
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The Cheapo Manual (Haynes) says to fill the reservoir to cold line and run the car with the radiator cap off and squeeze the upper radiator hose periodically to clear air bubbles(preferably with a rag so u dont burn urself, and watch ur fingers around the pulleys). Once the car is at operating temp, turn off and let it get cold again and repeat the process until ur coolant is staying between the cold fill and full lines of the reservoir...this is pretty much all you can do bud. If this doesn't work I think its just too damn cold in NJ and it just takes time to warm up...time to move to Cali ;P.
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Old 01-31-2013, 05:45 AM
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These cars just take a little bit of time to warm up, My v6 is the same way it sat in the driveway for 15 minutes when I was trying to let the ice thaw on it and the gauge was just barely registering.
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This is how Ford says to do it...
It worked like a champ for me...
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Old 01-31-2013, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 157dB
This is how Ford says to do it...
It worked like a champ for me...
i dont even see where it says how to bleed it lol.. it just says use that tool that im not going to buy -_-
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Old 02-02-2013, 10:05 AM
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Read between the lines.


Its called "filling and bleeding
WITHOUT the RADKITPLUS"...


I made me the 'tool'.
No need to BUY one...
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