Is bleeding necessary after loosing coolant on a 97 V Max?

Waterfoul

Waterfoul

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Replaced a jug and piston recently... haven't had a chance to touch it since (girlfriend is helpless around the house when kids are at dads... torn ligament in the knee... surgery pending). We of course lost quite a bit of coolant and refilled the reseviour jug... but is it necessary to bleed air out of the system somehow? Or just fill the res. jug, run it, check it and fill if needed?
 
Where are these screws? On the heat exhangers somewhere? My sled does not have a rear heat exchanger by the way... can you accomplish the same thing by taking the "radiator" cap off and running it?
 
ok...you'll only have 1 then i guess...it'd be on the head(if its like my 2001 anyways) where the hose goes to the head, looks like a thermostat housing, theres a screw on it...lift the front of the sled, put coolant in, start the sled, take off that screw, and keep adding coolant till it starts comin out...
 
Ah... I know right where this screw is located... thanks for the help. Gotta get the dang thing running first....

Oh, and while your at it, could you check my thread in the tech section about head gaskets???
 
i had the same sled as u theres still a bleader under the seat if i remeber corectly. bleading it there and from the cap is what i use to do. had some leaky heat exchangers and was allways haveing to add coolent and blead it. just pop teh seat off and check for teh bleader and then start teh sled and jack up teh back and crack teh bolt till coolent comes out.
 
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