I got my 88 TII to idle, not quite right, but I'm more concerned with something else. The add coolant light/buzzer keeps going on and off for seconds at a time. It's not like when I take a turn or something; I'll just be in 2nd going in a strait line and it'll come on for a few seconds and then go off. Anyway, I came to a stop and the light/buzzer WASN'T on but the car kept heating up. It got about half way up on the temp gauge and I turned it off.

Here's what I think may be going on.. there's a metal coolant "line" around the turbo, you have to take it off to get the turbo out. It had a gasket I lost when I took it off. Is it possible that air is getting into that spot and causing pockets in the system?

 

I don't know if this helps, but here's a picture of the coolant line in question.

I borrowed the pic from another post I had, I believe it's Jason's engine bay, hope you don't mind.

 

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On the pressure side of the cooling system, you can't "suck" air into the system - it will just barf out coolant.

First off, find and fix any coolant leaks - you can usually smell even the smallest of leaks. Next, make sure the radiator is topped up - the buzzer goes off when there's air in the top of the radiator.

It's probably something really simple.

Dale

 

Off topic, but how did you get the picture itself to show up vaughnc? Thanks

 

type [lMG]https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1093234[/lMG]

 

remove the * and it will work:

[img*]https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1093234[*/img]

 

ah, i see, learn something new everyday, thanks guys!