
COOLANT
RECOVERY TANK
Coolant Recovery Tank, Recommended Installation
Fill
the fresh water system as follows:
1.
Remove the pressure cap from the manifold.
2.
Pour a clean, antifreeze mixture into the manifold and allow enough time
for
the coolant
to
fill the fresh
water
COOling
system.
3.
Start the engine and allow it
to
come
up
to
its operating temperature. Monitor the coolant in the manifold
and add antifreeze coolant as air is
expelled. Once all air is expelled from the system, fill the manifold
to
the filler neck and install the pressure cap.
4.
Remove the plastic cap from the plastic coolant recovery tank and fill the tank with coolant halfway be-
tween the
ADD
mark and the
MAX
mark. Replace the plastic cap.
5.
Run the engine and observe the coolant's expansion flow into the plastic recovery tank.
6.
Check
for
leaks between the pressure cap/filler neck and then plastic recovery tank. Stop the engine and
allow it
to
cool. Coolant should be drawn back into the cooling system as the engine's temperature comes
down.
7.
Add coolant
to
the recovery tank, as required,
to
top
off the fresh water coolant system.
Thermostat
Generally, thermostats are of
two
types. One is simply a choking device which opens and closes as the
engine's temperature rises and
falls. The second type has a bypass mechanism. Usually this is a disc on
the bottom of the thermostat which moves downward
to
close off an internal bypass passage within the
head.
Since 1980, each type of thermostat has a hole punched through
it.
The hole is a bypass
to
prevent
the exhaust manifold from overheating during the engine's warm-up. Replacement thermostats must have
this design characteristic.
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