Hi Folks,
BIg heavy handed bugger I am! I just snapped my top hose bleed screw and did not know how the rear connected so removed the hose worried it would fall down into the water pump. I tried to remove teh broken scew and the whole fitting fell into the hose... DOH!
I have done a bodge on the hose to get the engine running, but the top hose seems to be full of air and the engine feels very hot! I ran it for a while and bled the build of air through the expansion cap, but after a few minutes the pressure builds up with air in the top hose again.
I have not raised the expansion tank up as yet, so will do this timorrow after work. But tother than just letting the air rise to the top itself, can I bleed it out any other way?
I will need to order a new top hose, but will take a week to get to me. In the meantime my bodge is holding and I am thinking I can just fit a hose joiner and perhaps make my own stronger bleed screw arrangement up. BUt in the meantime until I fabricate this, has anyone any pointers on how to get the air out?
In fact, is it even possible to get the air out with no bleed screw??
All tips and pointers much appreciated.
Cheers
Dave
BIg heavy handed bugger I am! I just snapped my top hose bleed screw and did not know how the rear connected so removed the hose worried it would fall down into the water pump. I tried to remove teh broken scew and the whole fitting fell into the hose... DOH!
I have done a bodge on the hose to get the engine running, but the top hose seems to be full of air and the engine feels very hot! I ran it for a while and bled the build of air through the expansion cap, but after a few minutes the pressure builds up with air in the top hose again.
I have not raised the expansion tank up as yet, so will do this timorrow after work. But tother than just letting the air rise to the top itself, can I bleed it out any other way?
I will need to order a new top hose, but will take a week to get to me. In the meantime my bodge is holding and I am thinking I can just fit a hose joiner and perhaps make my own stronger bleed screw arrangement up. BUt in the meantime until I fabricate this, has anyone any pointers on how to get the air out?
In fact, is it even possible to get the air out with no bleed screw??
All tips and pointers much appreciated.
Cheers
Dave