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  • e30construction
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    and a quick question on bleeding it..First fill the cooling system with the bleeder screw open. When you see the water coming out of the bleeder screw stop filling up the system and close the bleeder screw. START the car let it idle for about a minute, then open the bleeder screw and keep it open until you only see fluid coming out with no bubbles. Close the bleeder screw and take off the coolant overflow tank cap. When the thermostat opens at operating temperature the overflow tank will bleed itself. If your bleeder screw is broken/seized/whatever, you can use the latter to fully bleed your system without opening the bleeder screw. While doing all this have the heater on full heat and full blast...do i leave the car running after the first capitol START or shut it back off

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  • e30construction
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    Originally posted by e30mpg
    still have air in your system, rebleed
    Originally posted by mr.vang
    your clutch fan is out

    the clutch fan was very firm so im thinking it is in pretty good shape,,it is a possibility though since it was bought used and the evidence does point to it since it heats up at idle but cools tremendously when moving..and i was thinking i may still have air in the system..any tricks to doing it? i know how just wondering if theres any tricks u guys do to make it easier/fool proof

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  • IRON-E
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    Originally posted by mr.vang
    your clutch fan is out
    Originally posted by e30mpg
    still have air in your system, rebleed
    +1 on boff

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  • e30mpg
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    still have air in your system, rebleed

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  • mr.vang
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    your clutch fan is out

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  • e30construction
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    Getting hot at stops

    well i just did my tbelt,waterpump,and put another fan and fan clutch in cus my fan got busted..after we changed everything and started bleeding the air from the coolant system the air was taking forever to come completly out and the car kept wanting to go over the halfway mark..everytime it did this we shut her off and tried again..we finally got it out and i didnt have any trouble driving an hour and a half home..but im starting to notice now that im driving it more that when im at idle sitting at a light or drive thru or w.e that she is still wanting to get hot..for instance i drove to the store today and let the car idle while i went in, when i came back the temp gauge was pretty much on the third line,but when i drive it it goes all the way back down to a little after the first line..before i did the tbelt and everything the needle never went above the middle mark..can anyone offer any suggestions on what i should do thanks alot
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