[DeTomaso] Recap... Asa's adventure in Pantera fluid dynamics

[Art Stephens]

Asa Jay,
I was just thinking that if the thermostat is not immersed in water,  it is 
not going to open even though the engine is getting hot,  which would mean 
that the system still had air in it?  It seems like I have been down this 
path before?  I liked what Jack was saying about filling it in several steps 
and shutting down before it gets too hot.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Recap... Asa's adventure in Pantera fluid dynamics


> Geeez, always pointing me to that guy running the club store.
>
> Well, if the Pantera holds 6½ gallons of coolant, and my system was
> completely dry, then I -definitely- had an air pocket.  My initial fill,
> to the point the radiator was full (coming out the bleed at the top) and
> the swirl tank was full, was three gallons.  I thought this was short,
> but could not get any more in.  The thermostat had a bleed hole as well,
> so I figured I need to run it an push some air out.  However, I now
> believe I introduced a big air lock in it somewhere, possibly at or near
> the pump and almost definitely in the engine.
>
> Now that I've added coolant and manually turned the pump with the heater
> hose off, I have been able to tell when the impeller was saturated with
> coolant.  Now it's back to putting the thermostat housing on and
> attempting to bleed the system again.  This time, paying more attention
> to what's going on, rather than the excitement of just having the car
> running after two years.
>
> There is probably a lesson in here about filling a dry Pantera with 
> coolant.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>
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>
> MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 9/3/09 21 35 44, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> - How many gallons does a typical Pantera take?  (Entire system, engine,
>>> pipes and radiator, all dry)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I believe that nugget of information can be found in the original owner's
>> manual.   To get one of those, contact the POCA club store manager, Asa 
>> Jay
>> Laughton, at asajay at asajay.com :>) :>) :>)
>>
>> Mike (on the road with no original manual at hand to reference--somehow 
>> it
>> was left out of the digital version of 'the works'?)
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