[Shotimes] Cooling system woes

[Carl Prochilo]

Justin,  When the car is cooled off, you should see coolant when you remove
the radiator cap (NOT the reservoir or coolant overflow bottle).  Keep
adding coolant in there until this happens.  Eventually the pressure will
equalize such that the coolant will move from the overflow tank to the
radiator and back as needed as a function of temperature.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Shylo McKinsey said:
> It just sounds as if your radiator is not completely
> filled yet. Yes, you have a reservoir, but (atleast
> with my car), after replacing my t-stat and radiator,
> I had to fill the radiator too, along with the res.
> before everything settled down and worked right. It is
> possible that you got the wrong temp-rated t-stat.
>
> Shylo (I don't have any jiggle valves ;-) ) McKinsey
>
> '91 White MTX
>
> --- Justin Jones <dr_jones35@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hope somone can help me out with this one,
>>      SHO has been running cold now for well over 2-3
>> months and i have
>> finally gotten around to changing the T-stat. I
>> siphoned off about a gallon
>> of coolant so it wouldn't be wasted when i pulled
>> the water outlet (which is
>> now bright yello :) ).The replacement i purchased
>> from a certain vendor (not
>> mentioning any names) fit right but did not have any
>> jiggle valves on it. I
>> know there is supposed to be at least 1 if not 2
>> jiggle valves on the piece
>> but, i trust the vendor and figured it should work
>> regaurdless. Well i
>> filled the resivior back up, and turned her over.
>> everything was great, she
>> heated right up. And kept going, and going and
>> going. Now my temp gauge is
>> pegged under normal driving at the "N", which i know
>> is far from normal. The
>> upper radiator hose is filled with air, i have yet
>> to see it fill with
>> water. So, did i get jipped on the T-stat? Would a
>> backflush properly get my
>> system to cycle properly? and i'm guessing keeping
>> miles of the SHO in this
>> state is definetly a good idea? any help would be
>> most helpful.
>>
>> Doc
>> A.K.A.
>> Justin Jones
>> 93/95 ATX 162,xxx
>> 15.608 @ 88.1mph Nov '02
>> pwned by the slushbox....
>>
>>
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