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

[asajay at asajay.com]

I have a hole drilled in the thermostat so that it does -not- trap air.

Asa Jay

Quoting Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>:

> 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
>
>
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> 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
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>
>> 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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