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Postby Kat on Thu Jul 05, 2001 9:44 am

The boyfriend put on a new radiator not so long ago, and now i'm losing loads of water and part of the radiator always remains cold, this inidicates to me that I have an air lock, how the hell do I fix this?!
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Postby snake on Thu Jul 05, 2001 5:19 pm

Engine running, expansion bottle cap off, heater on hot + blip the throttle a few times.. Sure its nothing like a thermostat??. Possibly a blocked rad!!
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Postby Paul RS1800 on Thu Jul 05, 2001 5:26 pm

Kat hun - check the breather pipes that are attached to your rad, if they're all ok, then take the header cap off and turn the bleed valve on the rad so that all the water pours out, wait about 5mins then close the bleed valve, fill your header tank back up as see if that sorts it out.

Make sure you've not had the car running for a while as you WILL burn yourself.
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Postby Phil Si on Thu Jul 05, 2001 5:32 pm

LOL! on the lines of burning ur self !...
i opend my bonnet today, but couldnt get the bonnet stay up to the hole, cos i was burning my bloody hand :sad: took ages to do..
i'd just taken th car a a raz b4 as well so i supose that added to the heat :grin:
also the stay is chrome.... :eek:
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Postby Paul RS1800 on Thu Jul 05, 2001 5:39 pm

:lol: :lol:

Phil mate I think I've forgotten the amount of times I've stuffed my hands under the bonnet to check things and ended up burning myself :aaah:
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Postby Kat on Fri Jul 06, 2001 9:53 am

You shoud be more careful then!!!!! :razz:
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Postby Paul RS1800 on Fri Jul 06, 2001 9:25 pm

Thanks Kat :wink:
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