Cooling system burping on 4000 or I5's

[Huw Powell]

DK wrote:
> I drained the block and the radiator. I left the system open for
> couple of days, as I had the wrong waterpump on hand and didnt want to
> put it back together with the leaky pump. It got a bit rusty, so I
> filled it up with water for now, and will flush it thoroughly before I
> put some real coolant into it.I did fill up the block trough the upper
> radiator hose ( blew a Honda HG by not doing so, bdtd).

Um, filling it with water is a mistake.

Antifreeze is what we call it, but its two other main functions are 
anti-boil and anti-corrosion.

You need to dump the water and put the right fluid in the cooling system.

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Huw Powell

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