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

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

What size is the hole?

Tomas
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From: <asajay at asajay.com>
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Recap... Asa's adventure in Pantera fluid dynamics


>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
>>
>>
>> ----- 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]
>>>
>>> ******************************
>>> http://www.asajay.com
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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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