Question on refilling aftercooler
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Question on refilling aftercooler
I'm finally piecing my car back together and I'm about to refill my aftercooler.
I just installed a larger heat exchanger and a Bosch pump.
I remember reading in the SOS instructions about turning the key on to cycle the coolant/water through the system.
I recently moved and cannot find my instructions and just want to make sure it's done properly. Thanks in advance.
I just installed a larger heat exchanger and a Bosch pump.
I remember reading in the SOS instructions about turning the key on to cycle the coolant/water through the system.
I recently moved and cannot find my instructions and just want to make sure it's done properly. Thanks in advance.
#3
Make sure you don't run the pump dry for too long. You'll hear louder than usual wine then it goes away, on and off, that means air and/or not enough fluid. Make sure it's a steady sound otherwise you'll fry your pump if you let it do that for extended period of time.
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when I reinstall the aftercooler I have a rubber cork with a hole in it I put it on my air gun then give it a small burst of air that pushes the coolant down removing the air bubbles in the pump/heat exchanger I do this before I turn the pump on it always works
#6
Just a heads up in case you run into this problem like I did. Sometimes you can have a stubborn air pocket trapped at the pump preventing the water from circulating. If this happens, simply unbolt the pump from the mounting location and place/move it so it's lower than the heat-exchanger bottom inlet. Turn on the pump as you're doing this and gravity will feed water to the pump inlet and start the flow going.
I once replaced the pump and couldn't for the life of me get the system to circulate. Tried blowing into aftercooler inlet, squeezing hoses, nothing worked. I thought the pump was bad at one point, but it was just an air pocket.
I once replaced the pump and couldn't for the life of me get the system to circulate. Tried blowing into aftercooler inlet, squeezing hoses, nothing worked. I thought the pump was bad at one point, but it was just an air pocket.
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