tjl006
05-07-2009, 09:14 AM
After having trouble burping air out of the cooling system I decided to make my own vacuum filler. Vacuum is pulled form the right side of the filler while the left valve is closed. To pull vacuum I converted a bike pump. There are instruction online how to do this. I installed a check valve so the pump will suck but not blow;).
The filler is placed in the overflow tank after vacuum is drawn, the valve on the right is closed and the left hose is placed in a container with enough coolant to fill the whole system. The left valve is then opened allowing the vacuum to suck the coolant in.
The filler worked good the first time I tried it. I still had to add coolant to the crossover. But after adding the coolant the car did not overheat. After acouple of triple digit runs on ocean parkway still no problem. I am going to work on making it so it fills from the crossover this way maby the whole system will fill in one shot.
The filler is placed in the overflow tank after vacuum is drawn, the valve on the right is closed and the left hose is placed in a container with enough coolant to fill the whole system. The left valve is then opened allowing the vacuum to suck the coolant in.
The filler worked good the first time I tried it. I still had to add coolant to the crossover. But after adding the coolant the car did not overheat. After acouple of triple digit runs on ocean parkway still no problem. I am going to work on making it so it fills from the crossover this way maby the whole system will fill in one shot.