16 Jul 2015, 09:50
I've been working away on my car quite a bit over the past few weeks, and will be continuing right up until just before Lotus next month.
One of the things I did was drop all my coolant. I was replacing three hose sections, both at the radiator and the 45 degree angle one at the back right hand side beside the gearbox. So this is where my coolant was dropped from initially. I then pulled the plugs on either side of the engine to release everything in there too.
While I was at it, I pulled my expansion bottle off to try and fix a leak on it.
So now, before I reinstate my bottle, I was thinking of doing a complete flush through with the garden hose, since the system has been open to atmosphere for weeks and has only a small unaccounted amount of coolant left in it (maybe 1-1.5ltrs Max).
Is it possible to squirt water down the expansion bottle hose and expect water to come out of the water jacket plug on the RHS of the engine, or does the pump need to be turning for that to happen? (Presuming that this entry/exit choice would allow a complete system flush? (If not, then how?)
Thanks.
One of the things I did was drop all my coolant. I was replacing three hose sections, both at the radiator and the 45 degree angle one at the back right hand side beside the gearbox. So this is where my coolant was dropped from initially. I then pulled the plugs on either side of the engine to release everything in there too.
While I was at it, I pulled my expansion bottle off to try and fix a leak on it.
So now, before I reinstate my bottle, I was thinking of doing a complete flush through with the garden hose, since the system has been open to atmosphere for weeks and has only a small unaccounted amount of coolant left in it (maybe 1-1.5ltrs Max).
Is it possible to squirt water down the expansion bottle hose and expect water to come out of the water jacket plug on the RHS of the engine, or does the pump need to be turning for that to happen? (Presuming that this entry/exit choice would allow a complete system flush? (If not, then how?)
Thanks.