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Re: Radiators: alloy vs Brass Fri, 14 October 2005 07:07 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
i think i fixed my problem! And worked out why my heater blew up...

there is two outlets on the water pump....i thought one was the feed and the other the return for the heater. WRONG!

so whilst i had these hooked up to my heater in/ out obviously my heater pressurized and shat itself.

So after that i proceeded to put a hose linking those two outlets together. happy days, no leaks. But running hot..because that was creating an air lock in the water pump causing it to run to about 50% of its potential!!

now there is a hose outlet in the thermostat housing, i had this blocked off from day one. Of course its for cooling the intake and heads! DOH!

So i this afternoon i blocked off the bottom outlet (useless now my heater is leaking) and hooked up the top outlet to the thermostat housing outlet.

started her up...let it go right up to where the fans come on at 85"c (bees dick over half) fans came on, stayed on for a minute or so...then turned off! Surprised (they always just stayed on non-stop)so i let this happen 3 times, then turned it off. I left the accessories on, in case it got heat creap so the fans could come on. They didnt come on!

So i went and felt the radiator and hoses - fuckloads hotter than before! so obviously now the water pump is working properly and getting all of the heat out of the motor!

Happy days! (hopefully thats it solved)
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