Cooling advice

[Stagdad]

You can fit a bleed into the return line,top radiator hose buy it from one of the companies in the UK that make them I made my own it fits right before the hose goes into the raad and I have a digital sensor in it and a spare tap for a sensor fro the electric fan when I fit it. This is what I mean.
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Or if you only want a bleed you can fit an end cap of a domestic radiator( the end with the bleed nipple) instead of the brass bung. There is a pic of one in my efi album in my profile page.

[Guest]

I have noticed that a lot of us are flushing our systems a lot.

I sincerely hope we are using distilled water for the refill after the flush.

John

[Knockwurst]

I have noticed that a lot of us are flushing our systems a lot.

I sincerely hope we are using distilled water for the refill after the flush.

John

Nope. For what reason?

[flying farmer]

Nope. For what reason?

Limescale.

You only have to look in the bottom of my kettle to see why, and I empty it out every day.

I use water from the dehumidifier. We have plenty due to the inherent damp in the farmhouse!

Neil

[DJT]

It depends on what part of the country you get your water from. Down here we get no lime scale in our kettles as the water is very soft, so that's what gets mixed with 'blue' antifreeze.

[Tango1360]

A quick update, checked the coolant level, ran the car from cold, it took about 10 mins to open the thermostat when idling.
took a short drive about 8 miles, temp gauge stayed in the middle of the gauge.
once cooled checked coolant level, all ok, after the drive the IR thermometer read 82 deg at the temp sender at the back of the head.Looks like an air lock caused the quick temp rise
I'll continue to monitor the situation, I was a bit nervous when I found out a thermostat wasn't fitted. The PO ran the car only a couple times in the summer, the rest of the time it sat, maybe that was why the thermostat was removed.
Thanks for all the advice.

[uzbek]

That all sounds good and it is useful to know your gauge can be trusted when you are out and about.

Bruce

[MLCstag]

Limescale.

You only have to look in the bottom of my kettle to see why, and I empty it out every day.

I use water from the dehumidifier. We have plenty due to the inherent damp in the farmhouse!

Neil

yes, great source of demineralised water and can collect a complete fill worth in a couple of days of dehumidifying. Old houses have their advantages!