wth happened?

[Krem]

Originally Posted by MA70-3.0GT

Just a quickie, not sure where you took the car for the rad/ job, but did you make them aware of the bleed procedure for this car? i.e. lifting the front way in the air...

This explains why after my thermostat and hoses were replaced during my flush and also after this radiator repair, I had to add more coolant to the system after driving it just a little bit... I was wondering about that..

Cre: you mentioned something about running your heater... is this a normal step in the process? what if my heater's not working cause I have no water in the heater hose? Last I cracked that open, it had nothing more than a mm deep puddle about 2 cm long and 1cm wide..

[cre]

The heater is supplied hot water via the coolant system... it's plumbed right into it. If your heater system is dry and the rest of the system is still full of coolant you've got bigger problems than burping a few cc's of air.

You always have to top off the coolant after a flush and fill. There will ALWAYS be air trapped in the system, doesn't matter what car it is.

[Krem]

what problems could I have if there's no water in the heater hose? cause short of no working heater, I don't see, feel or hear any other issues...

[cre]

If the coolant system was full and your heater hoses didn't have any coolant in them you'd be looking at some very serious blockages... frankly, I don't see how it's possible for the system to get that clogged up as it would have to be clogged on both sides. How did you determine the heater circuit was empty? And was the coolant system actually full?

Lack of hot air when the heater is on is usually due to the VSV for the heater control valve dying. It's easily bypassed until it can be replaced... it's been posted on here before, try searching for the specifics if you think that may be relevant.

[Krem]

Once I removed the "Prestone" cap in the picture, I could see inside to an empty hose w/ the puddle I described in an earlier post.. dunno if it helps, hopefully I'm lookin in the wrong hose cause I don't want any more blockages... I've spent almost $500 just trying to get my cooling fixed... atm, it's better than it ever has been, but if that IS the heater hose and it SHOULD have water in it, I'd have to guess that my cooling SYSTEM is still in need of TLC... :\ :'(

[cre]

That's the highest point in the cooling system.... it's more likely that you had air trapped in the system and it collected there once the vehicle was off and cold. (It's also the best place to "burp" the system if you need to. )

[Krem]

Originally Posted by cre

That's the highest point in the cooling system.... it's more likely that you had air trapped in the system and it collected there once the vehicle was off and cold. (It's also the best place to "burp" the system if you need to. )

so I might just need to run the car and see if I feel the fluid going thru there? That'd be awesome... and I don't know if it helps, but the only time I've felt my heater pump out any warm/hot air was immediately following my coolant system flush the first time around... after I parked the car and turned her off, the heater went back to blowing air... whatever temp is in the atmosphere at the time.