[Fot] TR coolant pressure/flow

[Bill Tobin]

I agree, Bill.
On my TR6 engine, where the the heater pipe comes out of the head at the 
rear, I removed the pipe and installed a petcock for bleeding out air.
Easy to do and it seems to work.
Of course, I don't have a heater in the car.
Bill
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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR coolant pressure/flow


> Greg...
>
> While Tony Drews provided some bench mark numbers for you, I can'l help 
> but
> chime in with the importance of a good "bleed" technique for every time 
> you
> drain and refill your system.  If you do not bleed properly, you will end
> up dealing with air pockets and bubbles.  Kas has told me that even when 
> he
> had trusted assistants on his race teams...'filling the cooling system' 
> was
> one thing he always did himself.  That's saying something, and is an
> indication of its importance with our TR engines.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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