Burping radiator after 170 tstat change?
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USMCSHO341
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Driving it around the neiborhood now. Temps are in the middle for the last 10 min
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Should I have the AC setting on ? Or just regular air ? With the heat turned on max
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I'm a bit confused,isn't it suppose to be in the middle, if the car has been running well over 45 min then shut it off and wait 15 min and slowly loosen the the reservoir cap until you hear air coming out and tighten,then take it for a quick drive and repeat the process. ZUSMCSHO341 said:
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ZSHO said:
Yup I've driven around the neighborhood twice now and each time I loosen the reservoir cap and a lil air come out. I'm just repeating it hoping the air will go ahead and escape. But the air is still cool.
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Did you follow the burp procedure link in post #7?
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glock-coma said:
Yes I tried that it didn't work. Just finished driving down the road and temps were in a good range the whole time even if I gave it a lil gas. However, the air is only slightly warm.
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yup heat was fine up til now.SHOdded said:
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I hesitate to recommend this, because this is an extra step that may not solve anything. BUT if you confident in your TStat replacement skill, and really want to get the air out of the system, you COULD try deleting the TStat temporarily (not sure if the gasket will seal properly without the TStat holding it in tho), and then running the engine till it gets warm. All the air should flow out into the degas bottle (not having a restriction anymore). Then carefully reinstall the TStat.
You could also try jacking up the DRIVER's side of the car while doing the TStat R&R so as to not let the coolant have easy access to spilling out. Then after the install, lower the DRIVER side and jack up the PASSENGER side.
Just a couple of ideas. No clue if at all practical or possible ...
You could also try jacking up the DRIVER's side of the car while doing the TStat R&R so as to not let the coolant have easy access to spilling out. Then after the install, lower the DRIVER side and jack up the PASSENGER side.
Just a couple of ideas. No clue if at all practical or possible ...
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Yea I'm not that confident in my auto mechanic abilities lol. But originally when I did the swap I had the drivers side on a ramp. Then immediately after I switched the ramp under the passengers side to hopefully burp the system. Nothing's working so far. I'm gonna give it another go in the morning.
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Ive seen alot of posts with people having trouble so i looked in my ford service manual. Kinda had me curious even tho im not an advocate for a the cooler thermostat mod
For the 2.0 ecoboost they have 2 procedures one with a special bleed tool that goes on the degas bottle and one procedure if u dont have it
For the 3.5 gdti they specifically say that u MUST use the vacuum tool and procedure
For the 2.0 ecoboost they have 2 procedures one with a special bleed tool that goes on the degas bottle and one procedure if u dont have it
For the 3.5 gdti they specifically say that u MUST use the vacuum tool and procedure
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so one thing i forgot to mention is that after I installed the new tstat I also installed the 3bar and tune from LMS. And initially I honestly forgot about it due to the issues of burping the system. I noticed that the fans kick on a lot sooner and thought its possible the tstat isn't opening. So I just put the stock tune back on and swapped out the 3bar for the factory one. And noticed the car is running a lil rougher and there is this wrench symbol on my display any one else get this when switching back to stock. The car is not running horrible but it's seems to run a lil bit rougher.ZSHO said:
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Before right after the initial install of the tstat. I tee stalled the update last night again and same thing happened where the media and radio were not available. So I pulled the ground like you told me and that seemed to fix that issue.
Additionally, just now I turned the car off and back on and the wrench isn't there on the display any more. So it's back to normal. But after installing the stock setup and raising the passengers side and following the burp procedures mentioned above in post 7 I am noticing the reservoir is finally releasing a substantial amount of air. So I am in the middle of revving the motor to 3500 eps at the moment and will loosen the cap on the reservoir again to see if ther is a difference. In the heat.
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Additionally, just now I turned the car off and back on and the wrench isn't there on the display any more. So it's back to normal. But after installing the stock setup and raising the passengers side and following the burp procedures mentioned above in post 7 I am noticing the reservoir is finally releasing a substantial amount of air. So I am in the middle of revving the motor to 3500 eps at the moment and will loosen the cap on the reservoir again to see if ther is a difference. In the heat.
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I got the wrench icon the last time I loaded the stock tune BEFORE installing the 2 bar sensor. If you have the 3 bar in while loading the stock tune it will throw the icon
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ok that must've been the issue with the wrench thing. I installed the stock tune with the 3bar in and afterward swapped it out for the stock sensor. After turning the car off and back on after the initial startup it did intact go away.glock-coma said:
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