[DML] Coolant self-bleeder antics

["supermattthehero" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

This isn't a problem anymore for me, but I wanted to share my 
experience installing the coolant self-bleeder and allow you folks 
to try and make sense of it.  
After I correctly installed the self-bleeder, I ran my car for 
awhile, and after 20 minutes I noticed a few things.  The first 
being that the temperature was 220 degrees, and the fans still had 
not kicked on.  The other is that my stainless header bottle was 
cool to the touch.  This I thought was very strange.  I shut it off 
in fear of overheating.  
Immediately I went back to the engine compartment, observing my 
header bottle was cool to the touch, so I twisted it open.  No 
coolant splashed out at me, but rather I heard a few seconds 
of "gurgling" noises.  With that, I screwed the cap back on and came 
back to the car a few hours later.  I started it and let it run, and 
this time my coolant bottle heated up normally, and my fans kicked 
on between 160 and 220 as usual.  I have not had the original 
problem since.  

So what the heck just happened here?  It seemed as though the 
coolant had "stopped up" in the engine, but after I opened the 
header bottle cap, it somehow opened back up again.  


Matt
#1604




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