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#21
Re: Car will not get warm
02-17-2018
yup, till a stream of coolant comes out, then shut it.
if you have a drilled t stat it should not really need to be bled. but worth it to check and make sure.
my coolant flush how to. last part if for where your at now i suppose.
how to flush coolant:
remove the t stat, put the t stat housing back on, take the upper hose off the radiator, then push it down to the ground to a bucket or let it fly.
get your garden hose out, put it in the rad turn it on, then fire up the car, let it run till clear water pumps out the top hose.
then turn the hose off, run the car till no more water comes out the upper hose. then turn it off.
put your t stat back in, with new gasket, the upper hose back on.
now take 1 gallon of full strength green antifreeze, not the 50/50 crap. ( parts store cheap green is fine to use) dump the whole gallon in the radiator, fire up the car, fill the rad with hose water till its full. top as needed till its ready to be bled of air. it will burp and take coolant as the water in the block warms up the t stat opens up for a few seconds till cold coolant hits it and it shuts again.
now to bleed the air out, let it idle rad cap off till the fans turn on, (when the fans are on the temp is over 195 deg, the t stat is wide open) then open the bleeder screw on top the t stat housing a few turns till a steady stream of coolant comes out the hole, shut the screw, top off the rad. cap it.
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#22
Re: Car will not get warm
SE Level Member
02-17-2018
Alright if anyone Searches and has this issue, i did the following and my heat is now amazing and the car warms up to temp.
at first I got a 195* thermostat from Napa, and it ended up being ****. So I flushed my heater core out both ways, then blew it out gently till there was nothing coming out. Then I poured clr into the core (removed the hoses off the motor, kept them attached at the fire wall), and let it sit for about 15 then flushed it both ways again.
After that I took the air gun and made sure there was no fluid in the core, refilled it with antifreeze and attached the lines back on to the motor. Fired the car up, topped up the rad and closed it off, used the bleed screw to get air out.
And dont be tight ass, get a delco thermostat. Thanks for the help guys
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#23
Re: Car will not get warm
GTX Level Member
02-17-2018
For the record : I am NOT a naked meth-head who shoves rocks up my butt.