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Re: Car stays cold... (idle/temp problem)
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Sat, 23 July 2005 07:35
 
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After you do your thermostat change:
Disconnect thermo fans,
Fill cooling system,
Cut the arse end out of a 1.25 litre soft drik bottle, insert neck of bottle into radiator filler, and half fill the bottle with coolant/water whatever you are using.
Run engine till warmed up, and bubbles stop rising into the bottle. Monitor the engine temp from in car.
When your thermostat opens, you will get a surge of water into the bottle.
When satified that all air is purged from system, remove soft drink bottle, refit radiator cap, and reconnect thermofans.
The above procedure could take 20-30 mins, but will purge all air from your cooling system
Part of your problem, may have been that there are pockets of air in the cooling system. If so, sensors/senders may be sitting in air pockets, and not registering temperature correctly.
cheers Chuck.
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