ERA #776 Initial Startup Questions

[tgitchel]

Originally Posted by CJ428CJ

I wouldn't drain any water out of the system. You can't put too much water in. If you add too much water, it will just purge itself out of the radiator cap. For what it's worth, with my ERA and expansion tank, the water level is about 1" from the top (not the bottom) of the expansion tank.

Yeah, it already purged out about a gallon or so when I shut it down, so I guess it's at the perfect level right now.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by tgitchel

Yeah, it already purged out about a gallon or so when I shut it down, so I guess it's at the perfect level right now.

if your radiator is puking water when hot and you shut it down, that's a sign of an air pocket somewhere in your system........I'm not that familiar with the
expansion tanks,you could fill the radiator and not worry about the expansion tank, leave the radiator cap off and try another start up...it'll do a couple of things, one is to let you see if you have any water circulating in the radiator once your engine reaches temp and the thermostat should be open, other thing is it'll let excees air out quickly....

I'd also try to refill the radiator first on an incline, it'll help purge air....

the last engine I ran on my run-in stand ran up to about 195, so I shut it down to check things and had the radiator cap off, it puked water, refilled the radiator and after things cooled down, cranked it up again and all was fine, had an air pocket somewhere in the system.......

David