foamy???

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

ok so im bleeding my coolant lines and im goin by the book. well i crack tha bleeder, open tha cap and start tha motor. next thing i know is my antifreeze is shootin everywhere and then it startz foaming in tha radiator? any ideaz???

[JohnD1079]

You sir, are doing it wrong. This is what you do.

Close that nipple. Fill up and coolant(top it of, only iof need be). Start the car and let it IDLE, untill NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. When the fans turn on, thats when you know, and you can bleed the coolan through the thermostadt housing. If there is a lot of air in the system, it will be bubbly.

That is the proper way of doing it.

What i usually do is leave the rad cap off and start the car. You can watch and you'll probably see the bubbles come up. After its at operating temp and the bubbles stopped(if any), i use the nipple to double check.

Be ready do close the nipple quick, and do not open the damn thing, just crack it open enough for coolant/air to come out. Once its just straight coolant then you know there is no air in the system

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

ok well a friend who had a 92 like mine had an insanely erratic idle told me 2 bleed my coolant lines cuz mine idle surges like his did... u think this will fix tha problem? i mean it jumpz from 3k all the way down 2 bout 1k. never had a problem til i changed my throttle body and had 2 take the collant lines off

[JohnD1079]

Idle problems can be caused by many different things.

Air in the coolant, i beleive, is one of them. Try it and you'll see.

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

also its not bubbly... it was foamy... kinda like there was soap or something in it. my brother suggested a blown head gasket but i checked all the obvious things and there are no signs of a blown gasket

[JohnD1079]

I dunno. Ive never heard of bubbly coolant.

Is it green? or is it another color.

Come to the Meet.

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

its green. i been trying 2 bleed the lines but where i live... the neighbors call the cops if u fart 2 loud and i cant take my car anywhere else 2 do it cuz itz not legal.

[JohnD1079]

what? How are they gonna hear you bleed the nipple?

If you feel like spending money i would say flush the coolant, but i dunno if you just did that or what. Umm, try the rad cap thing i mentioned , Make sure the car is COLD when you take off the cap.

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

well they hear it idle surge and what exactly is the "red cap thing"?

[JohnD1079]

Did you fully read my first post?

You sir, are doing it wrong. This is what you do.

Close that nipple. Fill up and coolant(top it of, only iof need be). Start the car and let it IDLE, untill NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. When the fans turn on, thats when you know, and you can bleed the coolan through the thermostadt housing. If there is a lot of air in the system, it will be bubbly.

That is the proper way of doing it.

What i usually do is leave the rad cap off and start the car. You can watch and you'll probably see the bubbles come up. After its at operating temp and the bubbles stopped(if any), i use the nipple to double check.

Be ready do close the nipple quick, and do not open the damn thing, just crack it open enough for coolant/air to come out. Once its just straight coolant then you know there is no air in the system

And who gives a fuck if they call the cops, what exactly are they gonna do?
(Unless that is you have something you shouldnt have, etc....) Arnt they sleeping by now?

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

they r sleepin... thatz y i cant do it now... 3 inch flow through muffler isnt exactly quiet. plus my town has a 10pm noise ordinence

[JohnD1079]

The do it 2morro morning. At 5 am, to wake up everybody

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

ok so anywayz.... what i should do is flush the system, fill her back up, and then proceed 2 bleed the coolant?

[JohnD1079]

correct..............

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

what other shit might make it surge???