cooling issue

oildraggon6 · Wannabe Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 2

so i was driving sixty and my cooling system stopped working..... i hosed out all the lines and put another pump in still nothing any help
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richbaker78 · Teacher of Padawans Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 1298

er - could be anything.....

bit more info would help such as car/ engine/ set up of system / parts used etc etc

Bigbadbugga · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject:

Stopped working?

as in 'overheated'?

as rich says, we would need much more info to be able to help
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oildraggon6 · Wannabe Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 2

oh yeah geez sorry..well its a ej22 in a bug with the rad up front and i don't run a stat i switched out the water pump and it still is not pumping...
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MostlyMonki · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

sounds exactly the same as mine was. it'll probably be an air lock, as theyre a real barsteward to blead. take off the hose that goes to the stat, shove a hosepipe up it til it gets to the radiator and flush the system through for about 5 minutes with the top off the reservoir.

how have you rigged up your heater pipes? they need to flow so if you havent got a heater just loop them, then stick the stat back in.
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Joel · Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

you cant run these engines without a thermostat
the computer uses the coolant temp to control the fuel mixture
with no stat and a huge cooling system like in abug it would never be getting up to temp

so the computer would be running a richer mixture most of the time
be like driving around with the choke on all day

my bet is heater loop not connected or air locks
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hansend23 · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:39 am Post subject:

it was an airlock...he called.
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