DIY: DISMANTELING DASH ON AE82 TO REPLACE HEATER CORe

[andy]

sorry to be a pain, but can somone please explain the procedure for bleeding air out of the cooling system to me so i make sure i do it right?

when i did it and started the car alot of air bubbles came out and eventually stopped.

[oldcorollas]

dude...really... search... it has been said over the intahnet so many times....

or just look in your manual

[thechuckster]

sorry to be a pain, but can somone please explain the procedure for bleeding air out of the cooling system to me so i make sure i do it right?

when i did it and started the car alot of air bubbles came out and eventually stopped.

you followed the previous advice from Draven?

Bleed the air out of the system. Start the car and run it on a slight incline so the radiator neck is the highest point of the cooling system (with the rad cap off). You should get bubbles escaping as they are ejected from the system. Continue until bubbles disappear.

then you have another problem.

my gut feeling is that you're bypassing the thermostat with your new heater setup, water is probably getting around the artificial blockage created by the thermostat and being cooled regardless of your intentions.

Are you getting warm air from the heater within 60-120 seconds? if so, then the heater tap isn't fully closing and/or you might have used the wrong ports on the thermostat housing to plumb in the heater.

cheers,
charles.

[derekjay]

Thanks for the dismantling guide. As the interior of the AE82 and RA60 are quite similar it should help me too