W.Zero

i just finshed changing my headgasket and thermostat. and when i was going to bleed the coolent nothing came out. the car was running and the heater was on. so i let the car run a little and nothing still came out. i felt the hoses and the top is hot and the lower is cool. could this be that my pump is out? or even a bad radiator?i thought the thermostat i bought was bad out the package so i bought a mugen one a still same thing. i tried to just let the car run and after about 30 min it over heated. the radiator is a PWR but was sitting a little before i put it in. also the fan is always on too. if anyone had any ideas would help a lot. and i did search but no one tried to bleed there coolant so there was no answer to my question.

Spade

Radiator seems to be clogged to me.

976

Did you open the bleeder?

W.Zero

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 976 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you open the bleeder?</TD></TR></TABLE>yup thats how i know nothing came out

1 point 6

I had similar problems I got out of a radiator that sat in a del sol, replaced my radiator and solved the problem.

W.Zero

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Spade &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Radiator seems to be clogged to me.</TD></TR></TABLE>b/c the hose temp? or thats why nothings comming out the bleeder? if i take to a shop to fulsh it would that help?

W.Zero

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1 point 6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had similar problems I got out of a radiator that sat in a del sol, replaced my radiator and solved the problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>i still can get a stock civic one to test or even my dual core from my other civic to test. sucks that my PWR maybe bad.

976

Get some pressure running through the core radiator. Use a high pressure nozzel.

W.Zero

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 976 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get some pressure running through the core radiator. Use a high pressure nozzel. </TD></TR></TABLE>if i take my PWR to a shop think they can do this or should i just drive the car there and see if they can flush it out. can i take just the radiator to the shop and have them flush it? i really dont wanna get rid of my radiator.

W.Zero

any one else got any ideas?

Jim Truett

Get a garden hose. Remove the lower radiator hose and the upper radiator hose. Insert the garden hose into the lower radiator hose, and turn the water on. This is reverse flushing. Water should freely flow out of the upper radiator hose.

W.Zero

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jim Truett &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get a garden hose. Remove the lower radiator hose and the upper radiator hose. Insert the garden hose into the lower radiator hose, and turn the water on. This is reverse flushing. Water should freely flow out of the upper radiator hose.</TD></TR></TABLE>im trying this today. thanks

W.Zero

thanks everyone for all the info and help. i put back my old dual core and it fixed my problem. now i need to figure out what to do with my pwr.