good advise ted, thanks.
Larry
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Ted Schumacher
>Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 5:47 AM
>To: Larry Hoy
>Cc: MG V8 List
>Subject: Re: Cooling system air pockets
>
>
>remove the top radiator hose from the thermostat housing but leave it
>attached to
>the radiator. fill the rad. through this hose with a radiator bucket
>(long neck
>spout) or wih a garden hose. keep pouring water into the hose until it
>runs out of
>the stat housing. this has chased the air through the system - you
>were filling the
>system in direction of flow - and now reattach the hose. ted
>
>Larry Hoy wrote:
>
>> Having seen how violently a car can overheat when there are air
>pockets in the
>> cooling system (not my car thank goodness) I was wondering if there
>are any tips
>> this list can provide to assure that I have no air pockets in the system.
>>
>> I have "engineered" the system so the surge tank filler is higher than the
>> radiator tank; and have filled both the radiator, and the surge tank
>with fluid.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Larry Hoy
>
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>Ted Schumacher
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