Bleeding air from coolant system in the Z24I engine

charlie_one · Feb 11th, 2006, 09:43 AM

Anyone else that has the funny problem that when you take a left turn it comes a lot warmer air than when you drive it at a straight road or a right turn ¿¿¿

Its seems to me that its an airpocket or something somewhere, but the reservoair an radiator is filled to the max limit.
Is the some special procedure to bleed air from an -88 pathy with the Z24I engine that ill missed ¿

donahue57 · Feb 11th, 2006, 10:01 AM

When the engine is COLD. Remove the radiator cap then start the engine. Let it run until you see it bubbling over or until you know the thermostat opened. Then shut it down and top it off. BE CAREFULL!! You could get burned. I'm sure you know that, but I don't know you. Good luck.

charlie_one · Feb 11th, 2006, 11:26 AM

thanks, ill try that on monday, just got to buy som coolant liquid ( sorry, dont remember the name on it in english) first.

charlie_one · Feb 14th, 2006, 02:38 AM

As usual with my luck that didnt do it, ill got maybe a tiny little bit air out, but not much, and ill did even try to do it (with cold engine agine) with the front raised up on jackstands too, and the air still got alot hotter when im taking a left turn.

donahue57 · Feb 18th, 2006, 06:43 AM

How long did you let it run with cap off? I usually wait till it comes up to normal operating temp and it bubbles over a decent amount. If its not working you can also squeeze the radiator hose closest to the cap/opening to speed things up. Again BE CAREFUL you don't want to get burned. Also keep an eye on your temp gauge you don't wanna overheat but I've never had that problem.

charlie_one · Feb 18th, 2006, 10:30 AM

ill had it running aprox 20 minutes, maybe a little bit longer, it was as warm as it usually gets, and it did bubbel over around a 1,5 litres, did let it bubble a little while after it started bubbel over.

Could it be worth to raise the front on jackstands and try it agine ¿¿

donahue57 · Feb 19th, 2006, 12:59 PM

you could try it but I doubt it will help at all.