Ok. I read some info on how to properly fill the coolant in my car and apparently some of it may or may not have been wrong. I replaced the radiator and here is how I filled it. I have since read this which was linked from this site and it seems to contradict some of thwat I did:
Cobra & Mach 1 Ford 4.6L DOHC Coolant Refill & Burp Procedure by Reische Performance Products
Here's what I did. I filled the coolant tank until the full line but did NOT replace the cap. I then started filling it through the CC tube and noticed it started filling up the expansion tank until it started running out. So the expansion tank was now completely full to the brim. I then installed the expansion tank cap and continued filling through the tube until full. I replaced the tube plug and started the car and got it fully warmed up then shut it down and let it cool overnight. I took the expansion tank cap off and looked at the tank level and it is down a little bit but basically still filled up to the top (completely full--past the full line). I then took out the CC tube plug (with the tank cap still off) and the level is down in the tube also. No coolant came out of the tank when I removed the CC tube plug. So now after reading the article above, it appears I did several things wrong. I now understand that you really can't open both the CC plug and the expansion tank cap at the same time.
So my question is where do I go from here in order to get this thing filled up correctly? Do I now need to remove some of the coolant from the tank to bring the level back down to the full line and start over? I don't think the expansion tank should be filled to the brim when filling the CC tube, correct?
Thanks for the help.
Oh, BTW, as a side note. I do have a little h ole drilled in my t-stat to help bleed the system when filling it.
Cobra & Mach 1 Ford 4.6L DOHC Coolant Refill & Burp Procedure by Reische Performance Products
Here's what I did. I filled the coolant tank until the full line but did NOT replace the cap. I then started filling it through the CC tube and noticed it started filling up the expansion tank until it started running out. So the expansion tank was now completely full to the brim. I then installed the expansion tank cap and continued filling through the tube until full. I replaced the tube plug and started the car and got it fully warmed up then shut it down and let it cool overnight. I took the expansion tank cap off and looked at the tank level and it is down a little bit but basically still filled up to the top (completely full--past the full line). I then took out the CC tube plug (with the tank cap still off) and the level is down in the tube also. No coolant came out of the tank when I removed the CC tube plug. So now after reading the article above, it appears I did several things wrong. I now understand that you really can't open both the CC plug and the expansion tank cap at the same time.
So my question is where do I go from here in order to get this thing filled up correctly? Do I now need to remove some of the coolant from the tank to bring the level back down to the full line and start over? I don't think the expansion tank should be filled to the brim when filling the CC tube, correct?
Thanks for the help.
Oh, BTW, as a side note. I do have a little h ole drilled in my t-stat to help bleed the system when filling it.
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