#22701 - 03/23/04 06:52 AM
how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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Registered: 03/11/03
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Loc: roseville mi.
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after installing an ATI on the Z and having it tuned, my tuner thinks i may have an air pocket
in the system. So how are you suppose to add coolant to an empty system or how do you bleed the air.
thanks
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#22702 - 03/23/04 10:33 AM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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Registered: 01/02/01
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Loc: Chelmsford, MA
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Discharge and recharge the system. Of course if you do it yourself you are not being friendly to the environment. I performed this procedure with a $90 guage set from autozone and 2 refrigerant recharge kits from bj's. Of course the serivce manual tells you what you need to do (crypitcally since they use a machine to do all the work). You can get the pressure settings from the manual and the connectors are real easy to get to.
Let me know if you have more questions and I can go into further detail.
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#22703 - 03/23/04 10:54 AM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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thanks for the info, but i was looking for info on the cooling system not the air conditioning.
mike
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#22704 - 03/23/04 08:08 PM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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Registered: 07/15/01
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Loc: NOR CAL
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ya could just loosen the TB coolant hose and it should bleed the air out.
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#22705 - 03/24/04 12:17 AM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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Originally posted by my01zo6:
thanks for the info, but i was looking for info on the cooling system not the air conditioning.
mike Ooops I misread that... Sorry. Yes you should get the air out through the throttle body coolant bypass. Use a flat deep tray to catch any coolant that comes out. If you have a couple of hose clamps (so you can clamp the line once the air has been bled) it would be helpful.
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#22706 - 03/24/04 07:13 AM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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thanks
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#22707 - 03/24/04 07:21 AM
Re: how do you bleed air from the cooling system?
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Registered: 12/17/02
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Yeah I was told the same with the Throttle body coolant line. I still have to do my coolant as well; $30 for a new thermostat, gasket and houseing from GM.
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