Ej soob cooling tip

russ · 29-07-2007, 07:27 PM

Mate has a tip for getting the air out of the cooling system on the soobs.......

pull the plug off the heater hose outlet that is on the water pump, push on a hose that is long enough to up to the top of the engine, push a funnel into the hose, fill the funnel quickly with water and keep it full while the water is working it's way into the cooling system, when the water stops leaving the funnel, then get someone to hold the funnel full of water, then you rip off the hose at the water pump, jamb your finger into the hole, then jamb on the plug again.

rekins he tried this way 3...4 times, worked every time.

Good luck.................

Aussie_Paul · 29-07-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by russell

Mate has a tip for getting the air out of the cooling system on the soobs.......

pull the plug off the heater hose outlet that is on the water pump, push on a hose that is long enough to up to the top of the engine, push a funnel into the hose, fill the funnel quickly with water and keep it full while the water is working it's way into the cooling system, when the water stops leaving the funnel, then get someone to hold the funnel full of water, then you rip off the hose at the water pump, jamb your finger into the hole, then jamb on the plug again.

rekins he tried this way 3...4 times, worked every time.

Good luck.................

Are you talking the ej series Russ?

Aussie Paul.

russ · 29-07-2007, 09:03 PM

sure am

Aussie_Paul · 29-07-2007, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by russell

sure am

Ok Russ, I just can't seem to remember a plug on the heater hose. RAF and other ej-series engine users say that you must have the heater hoses connected to get hot water to the thermostat. Mostly they join that outlet to the one under the manifold to circulate the water past the active side of the thermostat, otherwise they boil pretty well staight away.

I am interested in what you are saying happens.

Aussie Paul.

russ · 29-07-2007, 11:46 PM

I can't claim the idea...........was brian M idea...........he got the shits with allans ej so he experimented.

Can see em both with the bleedin gyro ina ditch, one wheel right up tryin to get that bleedin air out of the system. Was a long drawn out event.........lotsa cursing going on.
Then when the water was drained later on for another mod, brian said noway was he going through that pain again............cya

Yea.....forgot, brian said sumin about that water outlet / inlet........whatever, was the lowest point in the engine, so it pushed the air higher and higher up the engine as the water entered into the system.

Aussie_Paul · 30-07-2007, 11:39 AM

No offence meant Russ but you have this habit of going off half cocked without any real info. Have a look at your similar thread on the US forum.

This could lead people to make real mistakes based on your half info. As I said, no offence meant.

Aussie Paul.

russ · 30-07-2007, 12:52 PM

No probs..........shyte, if i'm wrong........Oops

am checking to be sure. [ BTW........we are talking about the filling point here, to stop the air lock probs ]

Aussie_Paul · 30-07-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by russell

No probs..........shyte, if i'm wrong........Oops

am checking to be sure. [ BTW........we are talking about the filling point here, to stop the air lock probs ]

Yes Russ. It is just that when you said to take the plug off the heater hose pipe that says to me that the heater circuit is not in operation. THIS WILL FRY the ej series of engines.

I am just trying to save someone from making a mistake.

It is funny how some engines give airlock problems and others don't. The one I am running at the moment is easy. Just fill it up, and then top it up after the first flight.

I believe the car maintenance manual says to fill the system up, run the engine at 2000 revs for 5 mins, let it cool for 30 mins and then top it up and the jobs done. My radiator guy says that he has more problems replacing coolant in Sooobs than all the other makes put together.

Aussie Paul.

Butch S. · 30-07-2007, 03:00 PM

I have found in my worshop a lot of cars that will not fill easy so i drill a 4mm hole in the thermostat plate this helps no end (some still give a bit of trouble )
Hope this helps
Butch S.

russ · 30-07-2007, 03:35 PM

Yea, that helps as well.......the holes thing......

Rob P filled his new ej today useing same system [ heater hose opening ] worked a treat.

he then decided to route that heater hose to the bottom of the radiator.

Now to that bit about cooking the ej's if the heater outlet is blanked off.........................i am near certain my ej, rusty's ej, brian m's ej are all blanked off at the pump............am checking to be sure. Standby.