BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU OPEN THE RADIATOR TO REFILL TO THE TOP. RUN THE ENGINE UNTILE IT IT REACHES THE 1/4 % TEMP MARK ON THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE THEN TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND OPEN THE BLEED SCREW ON TOP OF THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING.ĪLLOW THE AIR TO EVACUATE, YOU WILL SEE COOLENT COME OUT THEN CLOSE THE BLEED SCREW. REFILL THE RADIATOR WITH COOLENT 50% MIX USE THE 5 YR GUARANTEE TYPE. CLEAN ALL CONNECTION WHERE O RING WILL MATE. REMOVE PLASTIC ELBOW (DO NOT ALLOW BROKEN PIECES PLASTIC OR DIRT TO GET INSIDE THE ENGINE WATER CAVITIES. IF THE BELT HAS SEVERE CRACKS REPLACE IT ALSO. IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PLASTIC ELBOW YOU MUST REMOVE THE BELT TENSIONER ANYWAY. IF YOU DON'T REPLACE ALL THE ABOVE O RINGS THEN YOU CAN EXPECT MORE LEAKS. IF YOU BUY THE CARTER BELT TENSIONER AT ADVANCED AUTO, IT COMES WITH: A PLASTIC ELBOW WITH O RINGS, TENSIONER, PULLEY, NEW O RING WHERE THE BELT TENSIONER MATES TO THE ENGINE BLOCK AND NEW O RINGS FOR THE INLET AND OUTLET CONNECTIONS ON THE BELT TENSIONER TO THE HEATER CORE (COST $72). (I live in a place where that's challenging.SOURCE: 1996 Buick Regal Sport - Leaking Plastic Elbow go through the hassle of putting the car up on blocks to drain the radiator. Purists will tell you that you should throw away the old coolant and never re-use it. If any air is left in there it will self bleed out of the system. Afterwards, just pour the coolant back in the radiator and tank. Just undo the clip, take off the electrical connector, and then the old sensor twists/pulls out. You will see how the clip works on your new part. You just need to get the fluid to the level where you can see the sensor inside the radiator. I siphoned coolant from the tank in to two milk jugs. It saved me from catastrophe when I had a bad water pump injecting air in to the system. Its there to keep you from introducing air in the system if the level gets too low. Some people will tell you that you don't need the sensor - which I don't believe to be true. will there be any leakage because I remove it?Yea - the bad sensor will behave differently with temperature. I am guessing I want to remove the sensor and clean it up a bit. I made another trip today, this time the light came on again. I think the cleaning only delayed the light coming on. will there be any leakage because I remove it? The moral of this story is QD ELECTRIC CLEANER KICKS ***!! Along with those persons who replied to my problem. I kept waiting and waiting and it didnt come on, I was thinking "It couldnt be that easy, could it?" After coming back out of the store, turned on the vehicle and came back home. I knew if the light was gonna turn on, it would do it within a couple of minutes of driving down the road. Went to plug in the connector and off I went. The female part of the plug was not hard, but I had to put my car up on the rhino ramps to get a good angle ( I guess its the con of having your car lowered) Anyways, I got that sprayed nice and good. The male end was easy as when I disconnected it, it freely moves around. (I live in Texas) Pop the hood found the connector that goes to the sensor and commenced to spraying it out with QD Electric cleaner. So, I woke up this morning thinking i better get to work on the car before the sweltering heat comes rolling through. Please register or login to enable Dark Mode. Hot Rod Power Tour/ Pump Gas Drags/ Drag Week.Gen 5 Camaro Tuning, Diagnostics, Dyno results.
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