coolant ??

[Tommi247]

had to replace my thermostat afew weeks ago due to over heating and before it broke i would drive down the a12 and my engine would cool down abit from my cold air feed and k&n but since i have renewd it my engine just heats up and stays just in the middle doesnt cool down when i go fast or anything ????
is this wrong or right sounds a silly question but just curious :clown:

 

[grey_clio]

middle = normal

 

[lemonnobby]

What stays in the middle?

 

[davebem]

Thats what its supposed to do, good sign its all working properly. You will prob notice it will go down a bit when you speed up in the winter.

 

[Tommi247]

o righty i am just worried as i did it all myself when i changed the thermo and i couldnt find the bleed nipple as i dont recon i got one so i undid the lid and ran the engine to warm it up then did it up do you reckon this should be ok ???

 

[kenny172]

o righty i am just worried as i did it all myself when i changed the thermo and i couldnt find the bleed nipple as i dont recon i got one so i undid the lid and ran the engine to warm it up then did it up do you reckon this should be ok ???

that cant be a good idea.

its supposed to go to the middle and stay there.

 

[Tommi247]

i does go to the middle and stay there i was just saying whilst doing it i couldnt find the bleed nipple toget the air out the system.. nothing about were the coolant sits

 

[davebem]

K4J definatly has the bleed screw on the thermostat, I think it looks like a normal mounting screw like all the others. I think it would also be ok to bleed from where the temp sensor plugs in.

Prob a best idea to bleed it all and start again as you dont want trapped air anywhere.

 

[Tommi247]

yea i checked there as it sayes in the haynes manual and it aint there also i notised in the haynes maual i should have a power steering fluid but i dont ??? very confused

 

[ditz]

k4j has the bleed nipple on the thermostat housing same as an f4r its a 10mm bolt you can tell which one it is as you will see sealer under it.
you can get away with just running it up with the cap off as the air will surface to the top sometimes its a bit tricky but you can do it

and middle is fine,, if when sitting stationary you rev it the temp goes down a lot then theres still air in it

 

[Tommi247]

o righty cool so mines ok then thats good... were abouts in essex you from Ditz ???

 

[ditz]

romford mate. down the a12 a bit lol

 

[Tommi247]

Yea i no lol my mum used to live der lol a bit a way from me