So last night while installing a grounding kit, i tore a small coolant line. one going from the block, down to a metal coolant line, right under the throttle body (the one you make when bypassing the TB)

anyway, this morning i picked up a 2 foot length of coolant hose and replaced the tore one. I took the car for a test drive, and now it is overheating.

I am thinking the coolant hose i used might be too long, cos its all bunched up, and may be effecting the flow.

my friends theory is that an air bubble may have formed in the block somewhere.


any ideas?

 

ok so i talked to my mechanic friend, he said it is probably an air bubble. He told me to jack the front end of the car up a bit, take off the radiator cap, and then run the car for a while. He said that will force the air bubble out.

 

bumps

 

I second your mechanic friend's idea. I would also make sure that the hose you installed in place of the torn one isn't bunched up at all and that coolant is allowed to travel through it correctly. Other than that, you should be good once you get your coolant system bled.

 

you don't even need to jack the car up, just take the cap off and crank the heat. let the car run for awhile and the bubble will make its way out of the system. when the heat starts working again you should be all set--if not you may be due for a new thermostat as well!

 

ok cool. thanks for the help.

althought it'd be an amazing coincidence if my thermostat has died the same time i have a coolant leak

 

at least you could do a coolant flush while you were in there! haha. when i put on my ported IM i totally let coolant develop this huge slick down the driveway i was working in... i was shocked i lost so much but i had to do the 'ol radiator cap trick after i refilled it.

 

Your mechanic friend knows his stuff! Do that, plus turn the heat to about 2 o'clock on the dial too! Make sure the fan turns on at least once...

 

That about covers that subject...

 

shortened the hose, burped the engine, all is well

thanks for the help lads

 

you can use your stock hoses for that, one you block both inlets to the trottle and the other one to make the bypass. and works just fine without having to remore or add anything

 

yeh i did that when i first did the bypass, but the stock hose ripped, so we had to replace it.........and then a year later, the replacement hose ripped

 

i would of just replace the coolant, because your already working on the coolant crap