When you refill the coolant in your radiator, after draining, and after several overheating events, remember two things:
1) Express the air from your coolant system, in accordance with your Haynes or other automotive Manual. Otherwise there won't be enough pressure in the closed system to actually, you know, move coolant around.
2) However "topped off" you think your levels are, account for the amount of coolant lost in the process ov your car fucking overheating.
Thanks to Bob for noticing the "Expell Air" part of the Haynes notes.
Every time my car breaks and I fix it, I become more and more capable of fixing my car.
Yeah, I was worried, and yes I cut it down to the wire (got it done, at 5.45pm, just before I had to go to perimeter), but you know what? I fixed that shit.
Everything else, this week, is cake.
1) Express the air from your coolant system, in accordance with your Haynes or other automotive Manual. Otherwise there won't be enough pressure in the closed system to actually, you know, move coolant around.
2) However "topped off" you think your levels are, account for the amount of coolant lost in the process ov your car fucking overheating.
Thanks to Bob for noticing the "Expell Air" part of the Haynes notes.
Every time my car breaks and I fix it, I become more and more capable of fixing my car.
Yeah, I was worried, and yes I cut it down to the wire (got it done, at 5.45pm, just before I had to go to perimeter), but you know what? I fixed that shit.
Everything else, this week, is cake.
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Date: 2012-02-21 03:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-21 03:56 pm (UTC)