Roel,
There are a three ways to make things easier.
One is to drill a small hole in the thermostat flange to allow air to
escape from below the thermostat. A 1/8" will do the trick.
Another is to open the thermostat by pushing a screw driver or rod onto
the top of the thermostat, opening it up to let the air out.
Finally, if the thermostat is out of the engine, open the thermostat and
insert an aspirin tablet to hold it open. When the water level gets the
aspirin wet it will dissolve. The trick is to keep the water from
getting to the aspirin from the top.
Good luck.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Roel Hammerschlag:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a 1970 1600. At the risk of embarrassing myself:
>
> Every time I drain the cooling system I have the most incredibly
> difficult time filling it back up. Because the thermostat's closed,
> it's virtually impossible to get the block filled with water. The very
> suboptimal solution I've come up with is to run the engine half dry
> until the thermostat opens despite not being submerged (the temp gauge
> usually reads over 260 before this happens) and then sloooowwwwwly
> adding more fluid into the running engine so as not to crack anything.
> There's GOT to be a better way. Can someone help me out?
>
> - Roel
>
> P.S. I also don't really understand how that reservoir tank on the side
> works, either. Maybe this is part of my problem. I try to keep it
> roughly half full like the original manual says.
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