Well goodbye stock radiator finally, both bottom and top tanks were broken. so my guy ordered me a new generic radiator with metal tanks instead of plastic. $195 pretty good i thought seeming how im low on funds right now. lol the install was pretty easy did it myself, first time. well my question to you guys is.

anyone got any good techniques on burping the system, i know there is a bunch. but what works the best.

 

I know the Eastwood company sells this vacuum pump for all kinds of liquids. The largest version holds enough to do pretty much anything. Although it is 70$ I think it is a worthwhile investment when you think you can use it on your brakes as well and many other things....

 

(This works best when you drain the system. Flush it with water, run it. Drain it, and add the desired amount of coolant, then add distilled water until the thermo cover is full.) After the thermo cover is full, hook up a big funnel to the thermo housing. Unplug the TB coolant hose. Run the engine. Pour your distilled water (I personally mix 40 below with my water), you will see bubbles and more bubbles show up while the fluid is being put in the system. Keep the engine running. Add the fluid until the engine won't take anymore. I also like to add a bottle of bar's stop leak in there. Keep adding your fluid. Major thing is to keep an eye on the TB coolant hose. Once you start seeing green, it means put the hose back on and clamp it. Leave the engine running until no more fluid is being sucked in. Stop the engine and see if more fluid goes in. If it does, add more fluid and run the engine after a short cool down. If no more fluid goes down plug it up, and put the thermo cap back on and run the engine. You should be good after this. For the next 2 days, check your fluid in the morning before you warm up the car, and add distilled water as needed.

-Jeff

 

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/lis22150.html

That is a tool that works very well and ALOT of forums users have purchased it to make life simpler when trying to get the air out of the system.

 

I filled my coolant neck until it was full and then ran the car till it warmed up. Then I turned it off. You'll hear bubbles and gurgling when you turn it off. After that, take the coolant cap off and fill it up again. Repeat.

I did this about 4-5 times before it stayed full. Maybe it's not the right way to do it but it worked for me with no special tools.

BTW the system typically can hold more than 2 gallons of coolant so buy at least 3 bottles of pre-mix. I run 50/50 from Prestone.

Thanks,
Jeremy