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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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Default Bleeding!!!
Just changed a waterpump in an ls1 but cannot for the life of me find where to bleed out the air!! Can anyone tell me where it is and the procedure for bleeding one?
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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ive always let the car run without the radiator cap to bleed til i dont see anymore bubbles. seems to work for me
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^^^ x2 That's the way I always did it.
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same here, just be careful not to let any splash on you cause its still hot.
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Same as above
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Same, it should self burp itself of any air.
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Cool i am going to need to do this also.
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I pull mine up on ramps usually.
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