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Re: Click & Clack on Bleeding Cooling Systems

To: jeb@mtqua.att.com
Subject: Re: Click & Clack on Bleeding Cooling Systems
From: timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 14:12:52 EST
Jim Beckman writes:

> ...when the crusty old mechanic
> was installing a cooling system thermostat, he pushed the thermostat
> open and kept it open by sticking a couple of aspirin tablets in it.
> Then when everything was assembled, coolant could flow into the
> engine even though it was cold.  The aspirin tablets would soon
> dissolve and the thermostat would operate normally.

Does this also help your engine avoid getting headaches?   ;-)

timd@ptltd.com  (Tim Dziechowski - Phoenix Technologies - Cambridge, Mass)



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