Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp

2012-11-26 Thread Gerry Archer
Why couldn't you unscrew one of the sensors in the head on a 617 in order to burp it? Gerry.who currently uses the method Jim uses. OK Don wrote: IIRC, the OM615 had one, the OM 616 and 617 did not. The OM601 and 603 did not. The M117 did. Old Saab 99 (B20 engine) had a little hose bib

Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp

2012-11-26 Thread Curt Raymond
l canister... -Curt Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:40:35 -0600 From: OK Don To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 IIRC, the OM615 had one, the OM 616 and 617 did not. The OM601 and 603 did not. The M1

Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp

2012-11-26 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: IIRC, the OM615 had one, the OM 616 and 617 did not. The OM601 and 603 did not. The M117 did. Old Saab 99 (B20 engine) had a little hose bib on the t-stat housing. You could open it up until coolant started to come out, or if you really wanted to get every bit of air you could st

Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp

2012-11-25 Thread OK Don
IIRC, the OM615 had one, the OM 616 and 617 did not. The OM601 and 603 did not. The M117 did. On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Hendrik & Fay wrote: > Don't these engines have a bolt in the head to 'burp' the engine, my M103 > has one that needs to be undone whilst filling with coolant. > > Hendri

Re: [MBZ] Cooling System Flush and burp

2012-11-25 Thread Hendrik & Fay
Don't these engines have a bolt in the head to 'burp' the engine, my M103 has one that needs to be undone whilst filling with coolant. Hendrik who is self burping On 25/11/12 17:32, Jim Cathey wrote: What happened? Air bubble, big one. My method is to pour the coolant into the tank, pull of