callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 ☹️ Folks, I cannot seem to get coolant back into my Rover K-Series (1.6) properly. The car overheats very quickly and the bottom hose to the radiator just does not seem to heat up much at all. I have a drilled a 3mm hole in the top of the thermostat, but still no joy? I did this awaiting a new radiator, which still not arrived. Any tips Please? Regards Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makingff Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Callum K-series are notoriously difficult to bleed trapped air out of. Do a search of the archives as there is loads on this with several methods of filling, massaging pipes etc. Fitting a bleed tee (here) helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hi Callum I am now home for the weekend if you need help ! I have a new spare bleed tee too ! Edited by - SM25T on 17 May 2014 08:23:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonL Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 on the Get To Know Your 7 day a few weeks ago the Caterham mechanics demonstrated the way they do it. They fill the expansion bottle until the level stops going down, and then put their mouth over the bottle top and "blow" the coolant until it comes out of the bleed t. it surprised us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'd be very grateful for some help. I would buy lunch as a thank you. Regards Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Can I ask where to fit the bleed tee?TY Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted May 17, 2014 Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 There's a lot on that in the archives. Have you found your way round the Search facility... you have to get all the pull-down menus set correctly. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Jonathan, Thank you. Forgive the ignorance, I am new to this. Can I ask what you mean by the archives please? Regards Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted May 17, 2014 Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 Welcome. Everything we write is stored for ever in the archives. If you click on the "search" link above you get to a page that lets you search the archives. There are quite a lot of settings there, including how long back you want to go (set those to look for everything), which area you want to search and the words of interest. The easiest way to enter words is as individual words... try "bleed" and "coolant", but without the quotation marks. Stand well back as the responses come in... Just say if you can't get it to do what you want. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Jonathan, Many thanks, on it now. Regards Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Found what seems an excellent system to use. Many thanks for the help and pointers? Off to give it a go now. Regards Callum The Post: Posted - 4 November 2012 17:35 Now sorted - the age old problem of coolant replacement Author: John Vine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 YHM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumskeat Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 *biggrin*Folks, Many thanks for the help. It goes again! I am most grateful to all, not least John Vine who posted the 'fix'. Have a great weekend. Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Quoting callumskeat: *biggrin*Folks, Many thanks for the help. It goes again! I am most grateful to all, not least John Vine who posted the 'fix'. Have a great weekend. CallumWell, much as I appreciate the compliment, I'm afraid it's unearned as I was simply quoting Peter Carmichael's well established method. I'm glad the car's fixed though. JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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