Overheating again
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I got the front up on ramps with a funnel attached to the rad and burped it until fins kicked and no more bubbles. Then cracked the bleed at the block and got some there. Repeated until no bubbles at rad cap and only coolant at the bleed valve. Its just weird so see that much air in there. I know I bled it good when I did the stat replacement. Just hard to believe that much air was hiding.
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I got the front up on ramps with a funnel attached to the rad and burped it until fins kicked and no more bubbles. Then cracked the bleed at the block and got some there. Repeated until no bubbles at rad cap and only coolant at the bleed valve. Its just weird so see that much air in there. I know I bled it good when I did the stat replacement. Just hard to believe that much air was hiding.
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When one of the many coolant hoses on the intake manifold starts going south, it will start letting air seep into the system. Particularly the hose that goes from underneath the IM to the bleeder on the head. Check and make sure there's no seeping or sweat on the joint from that hose.
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Originally Posted by outeiroj
this is somewhat of an inaccurate statement, no reason that you can not get all the air out in one shot. I would check to see what the temperature difference between the 2 radiator hoses are. if one of them is cold and the other is warm its an indication of a faulty thermostat. if they are both hot than more than likely the vehicle is still air bound and you did not get all the air out on the original bleed.
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Best way to bleed any car. I've used this on my S twice and have bleed thousand of cars.
Fill it with coolant and rev the car up to 3k and back to idle, repeat until the lower rad hose is hot/fans kick on. Since the coolant in the bucket is the highest point, it'll force all the air out with no issues, problems or mess. I swear by this.
Fill it with coolant and rev the car up to 3k and back to idle, repeat until the lower rad hose is hot/fans kick on. Since the coolant in the bucket is the highest point, it'll force all the air out with no issues, problems or mess. I swear by this.
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Best way to bleed any car. I've used this on my S twice and have bleed thousand of cars.
Fill it with coolant and rev the car up to 3k and idle. Since the coolant in the bucket is the highest point, it'll force all the air out with no issues, problems or mess. I swear by this.
Fill it with coolant and rev the car up to 3k and idle. Since the coolant in the bucket is the highest point, it'll force all the air out with no issues, problems or mess. I swear by this.
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Originally Posted by outeiroj
your assumption is completely unfounded and incorrect, not only have i bled the cooling system on an s2000, but i have done it on many vehicles period. I spent 2 1/2 working at honda prior to opening my own shop, it has been 8 1/2 years and there isnt a single honda that has ever caused any issues. I would much rather bleed an s2000 than a chevy 3.6 or any subaru or just about anything else for that matter. just because YOU have issues bleeding a cooling system does not make it difficult
But since the OP is apparently also mortal, he is perhaps also having similar issues getting all the air out of his system as well. So perhaps it was good advoce to the OP that he should bleed his system again after all...
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