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I thought I would just add this idea because I can't help with your issue.
One of the days I'm going to see if this will fit in place of the fiddly plug you can't see where it fits because it's tucked up in the nose of the Griff' to get it started without cross threading it when bleeding the Rad' and spilling coolant everywhere. Grrr
BTW my bleed plug is metal, I've read somewhere they could be plastic.
Once installed a temporary pipe could be fed back to the overflow or swirl pot to collect the fluid when the tap was being used.
https://tinyurl.com/y4rlcr36
or if that link didn't work....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Series-2a-3-...
Gone up in price a tad since I bought mine, didn't think I'd had it that long!!!!!!!!
I took it down Central TVR and we tried it in a radiator for fit and decided with some PTFE tape it would do the job because the threads were not a perfect match but near enough I recall.
One of the days I'm going to see if this will fit in place of the fiddly plug you can't see where it fits because it's tucked up in the nose of the Griff' to get it started without cross threading it when bleeding the Rad' and spilling coolant everywhere. Grrr
BTW my bleed plug is metal, I've read somewhere they could be plastic.
Once installed a temporary pipe could be fed back to the overflow or swirl pot to collect the fluid when the tap was being used.
https://tinyurl.com/y4rlcr36
or if that link didn't work....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Series-2a-3-...
Gone up in price a tad since I bought mine, didn't think I'd had it that long!!!!!!!!
I took it down Central TVR and we tried it in a radiator for fit and decided with some PTFE tape it would do the job because the threads were not a perfect match but near enough I recall.
Hi John,
Your car being a '94, would I assume have an Overflow Tank connected to the Swirl Pot. The swirl pot with this system should be full of coolant so when hot expands and escapes to the overflow tank which should be half filled when cold.
When things cool down coolant is then sucked back into the swirl pot. I'd check the pipe between the S/P and the O/T.
On my early Griff' there's no O/T so the S/P is not filled to the brim, and if over filled burps out the hot excess coolant which runs down and dries on the shinny polished S/P.
After it finds it level it's all good apart for having to get the polish out.
Your car being a '94, would I assume have an Overflow Tank connected to the Swirl Pot. The swirl pot with this system should be full of coolant so when hot expands and escapes to the overflow tank which should be half filled when cold.
When things cool down coolant is then sucked back into the swirl pot. I'd check the pipe between the S/P and the O/T.
On my early Griff' there's no O/T so the S/P is not filled to the brim, and if over filled burps out the hot excess coolant which runs down and dries on the shinny polished S/P.
After it finds it level it's all good apart for having to get the polish out.
My 1994 pre-serp is the same; over time it builds up a bit of air in the top of the radiator. Not a large amount so I just bleed it out from time to time. There must be a suitable point on the circuit to bleed back to with a small pipe, but haven’t put much though to it yet (although it’s been on the jobs list for a few years!)
No expansion tank on mine (just the big pot), and no coolant leaks that I’m aware of. I’ve taken the thermostat out of the engine and fitted a pressure relief stat in the bottom hose, standard circuit otherwise. Works very well apart from air in the rad!
No expansion tank on mine (just the big pot), and no coolant leaks that I’m aware of. I’ve taken the thermostat out of the engine and fitted a pressure relief stat in the bottom hose, standard circuit otherwise. Works very well apart from air in the rad!
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