Thread: cooling system questions

Originally Posted by ibhuff

im pretty sure i bled the system thoroughly, should water seep from the bleed screw? cuz i filled the radiator to the top with the bleed screw open, water did not seep from it but the rad was full and i filled it with the bleed screw open. i will see if i cant get more air out of the system in the morning. thank you

are you bleeding the engine while its running? it should be a steady stream of coolant jetting out of the bleeder screw.

i like to idle the car with the rad cap off, till the fans come on, that way you know the t-stat is open, top off rad, open the bleed screw, bleed, tighten the screw, top off rad if needed, and cap it.

Agree with the masses that you did not bleed all the air out completely.