You should order John Hervey's air bleeder kit. Only $25. You could
build it yourself for $15 worth of parts, but the extra $10 is worth
it to have everything put together for you along with instructions,
not to mention supporting our vendors.
Takes 5 minutes to install and you'll never have to worry about
bleeding the system again. It was in the mid nineties here today, I
sat in traffic with my A/C on full blast and never got above the 1/4
mark on my gauge.
This is essentially just a hose that routes the air bubbles right into
the top of your overflow bottle. They then get trapped in there, and
coolant is taken from the bottle automatically to replace the air in
the system. So the way to "bleed" it is:
1. Fill the system up, including the overflow bottle.
2. Go for a drive.
3. Let the system cool down. The overflow bottle will have lost a good
portion of it's coolant (traded for air). Fill it back up and you're done.
So long as that bottle never goes dry, any air in the system will be
automatically purged from now on. This beats the heck out of the
typical bleeding methods.
-Ryan
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "thebrave65" <johnnysher1@xxxx> wrote:
> Being that summer is the worst time of year here in Arizona, last
> night the temp gauge creeped up to just under the 220 mark. Being a
> bit spooked, I turned around and went home to bleed some air out of
> the system. Sure enough, it sputtered and spit but never gave me a
> steady stream of coolant. I let it spray for about 40 seconds but
> got a little worried that I might let too much coolant bleed out.
>
> How long does it usually take to get the trapped air out?
>
> Johnny
> 5518
>
> Next time I'll use a bucket to catch the coolant!
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