Smoke on start up/didn't bleed my coolant system..
05-21-2011, 10:12 PM
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Smoke on start up/didn't bleed my coolant system.. Heard it might be some coolant in there causing the smoke I got on start up after my cam swap.
Would it be bad if I didn't "burp" the cooling system? My dad and I didn't know there was really a procedure to do it so I just filled the radiator up, ran it a little, then topped it off with the cap on the radiator during the run. Is this really bad?! I just went out and took the cap off and started squeeizing the upper rad hose and it sounds like it was pushing air out a little bit, like bubbles, but it would sound like it was sucking it back in if I just let it loose, not if I slowly let go though but it doesn't seem like the upper hose is getting any tighter with coolant...anyone?!
When I drove it around a little it got up to 170 degrees and stayed there though... (I have a 160 thermo)
Would it be bad if I didn't "burp" the cooling system? My dad and I didn't know there was really a procedure to do it so I just filled the radiator up, ran it a little, then topped it off with the cap on the radiator during the run. Is this really bad?! I just went out and took the cap off and started squeeizing the upper rad hose and it sounds like it was pushing air out a little bit, like bubbles, but it would sound like it was sucking it back in if I just let it loose, not if I slowly let go though but it doesn't seem like the upper hose is getting any tighter with coolant...anyone?!
When I drove it around a little it got up to 170 degrees and stayed there though... (I have a 160 thermo)
