[DML] Re: Refilling Coolant

["Mike Walsh" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am sure you will get a number of replies but I thought I would 
share what I did the last time the coolant was changed.

I have a bleeder bypass installed at the water pump which T's into 
the small hose going to the coolant tank. I disconnected that bleeder 
hose (from the T) and ran it into a large container. I started the 
engine and let it warm up. When the thermostat opens, the water pump 
will circulate the coolant till it comes out of that hose! 
Important!!! - make sure you keep adding de-ionized water to the 
coolant tank as the fluid goes down!!!

Once the liquid from the hose was running clear I added between 6 and 
7 litres of antifreeze, waited till the coolant tank was a little 
more than at the recommended fill level, put the hose in the top of 
the coolant tank and shut the engine off. Then re-attached the 
bleeder hose back to the T at the coolant tank.

Make sure you also bleed the small hose at the top of the passenger 
side of the rad. You may want to also install a small valve there,I 
think Toby (www.delorean-parts.com) and Harvey (www.specialtauto.com) 
both have inexpensive kits for that). Be sure to dispose of the 
coolant properly afterward.


- Mike
#17084




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