I'm guessing if it was a bad thermostat it would have consistently run hot...like Steve suggested, it was probably an air pocket, or bubble in the cooling system and it burped itself free.
I think replacing the thermostat is cheap insurance.
I'm guessing if it was a bad thermostat it would have consistently run hot...like Steve suggested, it was probably an air pocket, or bubble in the cooling system and it burped itself free.
I think replacing the thermostat is cheap insurance.
Yea I didn't bleed anything. Don't really know how. It's alright now tho, no more smoking. And a factory replacement thermostat may be in order as well. I'll have to work on getting that valve cover breather thing dealt with as well. Right now she at least runs and drives without trouble, and I'm happy. Thanks for all your help guys! Hopefully all of the information compiled on this single thread is enough to help the next guy who wants to do this and doesn't know anything about it haha. The car is still a work in progress! The work never stops lol
it works great, you can keep the funnel full which is the highest point and it is sealed to the rad. After the bubbles are gone the plunger seals the funnel so you can remove it from the rad and simple sit the funnel in the antifreeze container, pull the plunger and let the contents go back into the container.
Had to dump some metal and old batteries at the scrapyard today. After subtracting the weight of the scrap and my weight, my car weighs about 3530lbs with a quarter tank of gas. That's at least less than I thought it weighed lol. Its a pretty much stock 86 SS Elco in case anyone doesn't know haha. Only major mods that would affect the weight are a bed cover from Gaylords and the aluminum Eddy. Removed the smog pump and all that as well. Not sure what it weighed prior to the swap; I should have weighed the old intake vs the new intake before I put the new one in and chucked the old one. Oh well lol. Just thought it'd be helpful to the post the weight for anyone looking at this job in the future.
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