Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Bleeding cooling system

[Clarence Romero Jr. (clyderomero]

DOTN TOUCH THAT CRANK CASE DRAIN IT WILL BRAKE OFF
I never used it and it is not worth the trouble.
Here is what I did.

Warm up the car with the coolant tank cover off.
Loosen the front top hose clamp first so that you can remove it by hand
Get a hose with a stream of water to constantly refill the coolant tank
ready
Start the car and run it until the fan comes on
When it does remove the from top hose and let the water come put it will be
hot wear gloves
Have some one constantly refill the coolant recovery tank at a slow rate
When the water comes out of the front top hose to the radiator cool you have
flushed the system.
Turn off car 

Let the system cool 
Grab a beer or wine 
Once cool remove the top hose again and let the water out as much as you can

Replace the hose clamp and tighten
Add coolant 
If you  can raise rear of car at least 12" it will help get air out of
system
Run car and open bleed screw and have coolant ready to refill coolant
recovery tank.
When water comes out of bleed screw and fans run you are done
Get a new coolant recovery tank cap as well they go bad and it is not worth
it


clyde



-----Original Message-----
From: Rui Gigante [mailto:rui.gigante [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:00 PM
To: clyde
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Bleeding cooling system

Hi listers,

I need another piece of advice from the list.
While working on my 328 I've noticed that the coolant is just plain water !
I have decided to flush the system and use new anti-freeze. I've bought it
from Mercedes, since so many people state that it is very good quality.

The workshop manual is not very specific about flushing the system, but I
guess I should use the bleeder on the radiator to get rid of the old fluid,
but what about the drain tap on the crankcase? What is the correct order to
do it ?

Thanks,

Rui
88' 328 GTS - getting better
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