Re: [DML] Cooling System Refilling

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Follow this procedure for refilling the cooling system:
http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/cooling.htm

The real keys here are the parts about flushing with a garden hose and
filling through the upper radiator hose (in the engine compartment).

If you do not yet have a radiator quickbleeder deal, buy one from Toby
(www.delorean-parts.com). You do need to bleed air from the radiator
area and this makes the job relatively painless once installed. If
your radiator is original be very careful with the hoses, the radiator
bibs are plastic. Mine broke and I had to replace the radiator.

-Ryan


On 9/27/05, Robert J. Wilson <rjwilson62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Last week I re-charged the AC on my DeLorean and took it out for a
> drive.  AC had not been operating for several months.  At a stop, I
> let it idle for about two minutes and noticed that the temperature
> gauge was just above the normal position.  It stayed there as I
> drove another mile and then steam came from the engine compartment,
> fogging the rear window.  I pulled over and shut it off right away.
> The original plastic coolant overflow tank had ruptured down the
> bottom seam and coolant was all over. (The car has 11,000 miles on
> it.)
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> Anyhow, I got it towed home and have ordered, received, and
> installed a new stainless steel overflow tank.  I also have a
> complete new hose kit but have only partially installed it. (Looks
> like a real job - some are barely reachable!) I plan to test the car
> with only a partial install of the new hoses since I now have
> concerns that the fans are not working properly and I want to check
> that out.
>
> I know from reading this web site that there is a special re-filling
> procedure but could not find it last night in the shop manual.  Is
> it in the shop manual and I'm not finding it?  If so, just tell me
> where.  If it is not in the manual where can I find it?
>
> I'm reading all of the recent posts about "Fanzilla" and
> alternatives.  Any advice here?  I have been told that hearing the
> fans sequence on can easily be heard from the driver's seat,
> specially with the window down.  I don't think I have ever heard
> this.  The fans may never have came on!  (I have the two fuses in
> the blue relay socket in the area behind the passenger seat.)
>
> Anyhow, that is where I am.  Thanks is advance for any help!
>
> Regards,
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