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Help needed bleeding water system
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1969k3
GTM delivered
Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:57 pm Posts: 30
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Help needed bleeding water system
Clamp bust causing coolant loss - can anyone advise how to get air out of the system? It's a 16v spi K series. Any tips greatly appreciated.
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Sat Jun 25, 2016 5:24 pm |
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cubera
GTM delivered
Joined: Wed May 22, 2013 8:58 pm Posts: 48
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Re: Help needed bleeding water system
It's quite a while since I had a K3, but I well remember the fun to be had bleeding the cooling system. One "trick" which worked very well involved a farm track with steep sides. The car was first run so that one side was several feet up the slope, and the system bled in the normal way. This was repeated using the opposite bank. I would say that in each case the one side of the car was raised by about two feet. This worked without fail, and was simple, too, needing no other equipment than a screwdriver and plenty of coolant.
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Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:35 pm |
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Malcolm_Ball
On the Road
Joined: Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:37 pm Posts: 614 Location: RM13 ish
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Re: Help needed bleeding water system
cubera wrote: It's quite a while since I had a K3, Snap. I remember getting the back of the car up as high as the trolley jack would go, looked very precarious
_________________ Malcolm GTM O/C Member 754.
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Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:33 pm |
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Rich
Looking like a GTM
Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:07 pm Posts: 169 Location: Devon GTM: Libra
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Re: Help needed bleeding water system
Mine was pointing downhill with the rears up on ramps, give the engine a good rev as you add water. I also added an inline bleed in the heater matrix circuit. Between the two I finally got the air out of the system.
Didn't Rover have a vacuum bleeding system specifically for this task?
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Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:22 am |
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bubbleless
Part built GTM
Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:26 pm Posts: 121 Location: Chorley, Lancashire GTM: K3
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Re: Help needed bleeding water system
_________________ Car has a high power to weight ratio and is really quick...........
The owner isn't
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Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:42 pm |
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1969k3
GTM delivered
Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:57 pm Posts: 30
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Re: Help needed bleeding water system
Cooling much better after flushing out with garden hose. Heater pipes not getting hot - ? Tried bleed screw and no air - any ideas? Thanks
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Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:06 pm |
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