Coolant - Engine wont warm up - stays cold

[Gunner]

lol

[maxhag]

yeah, same Sam.

Canberra is about 15 today....

[blinded]

Better bust out the shorts

[maxhag]

made little differance Sam92.
you?

[sundee]

When you bleed the water system make sure you have the heater on.

[sam92]

It seemed to have made all the difference for me. The real proof will be taking it for a drive in the morning and seeing how long it takes to reach operations temp from a cold start.

[sam92]

Yeah Joel heater tape was open!

I just cant believe when bleeding it how long it took the thermostat to open and when it did the air came with it. Surely now in the morning the car will heat up quicker.

[sundee]

Air is a piss poor conductor of heat so makes sense if a decent air/vapor lock is happening

[maxhag]

My method today Joel.

Rear wheels of car on road side of gutter, front wheels on driveway, with the front jacked up, so radiator cap is definatly highest point.
Cap off,
Heater on full blast,
Run engine untill bubbles stop and water starts flowing. (20 mins+) Monitoring temps, both at the thermostat housing and the top hose. While warming up, I squeeze the heater hoses etc, to help move any air.

The only change today was that I now have the heater working in the car. Blows hot air now, and cooler air on cold. I did change the heater tap as well as the bleed.

[sam92]

My exact method, I elevated the front of my car also and helped by squeezing the hoses with the heater going flat out.

So you have no improvement on operating temp ? Only the heater has improved ?