bleeding my coolant in my 02 viper???

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can some one tell me the right way to bleed my coolant system (stock no added exchanger).i going 2 get one(exchanger).thanks mike
 
Daman question for you. I just installed a rear heat exchange in my 03 viper ER. I bleed the rear then went to the front with the valve on and loosened the bolt and no coolant came out. I started the sled and let it warm up an the rear heat was warm to the touch. Does that mean I got all the air out or should I try and do the front again? I talk to my dealer about the problem I had and he told me not to worry about the front.
 
pup55 said:
Daman question for you. I just installed a rear heat exchange in my 03 viper ER. I bleed the rear then went to the front with the valve on and loosened the bolt and no coolant came out. I started the sled and let it warm up an the rear heat was warm to the touch. Does that mean I got all the air out or should I try and do the front again? I talk to my dealer about the problem I had and he told me not to worry about the front.
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if all the heat exchangers were warm equally around i would say your good to go..keep an eye on your bottle for level..

did you take the front bleed bolt right out?
 
pup55 - nothing came out of my front at first either. What I did was, I squeezed rubber hose going into the head a few of times, to sort of pump the coolant. After doing that, it started to come out the front like it should.
 
bleeding my coolant

I just pulled the carbs on my '03 SX Viper ER and cleaned them. I plugged the lines as quickly as I could, but I still lost some coolant. Do I have to go through the entire process or just bleed the front?
 
Yes all the exchanges were warm to the touch and yes I removed the bolt to see if that would work and no coolant came out. I will keep and eye on the bottle and if I have to I will squeeze the hose to see if anything comes out. Thanks guys
 
SXBOB,
No, you do not have to go through the entire air bleeding process. That small loss of coolant or introduction of air into the coolant system is no problem. The air will find its way out of the system. Just make sure the coolant bottle is filled to the proper level.

For what it is worth, iI always use a 50/50 mixture of a high quality antifreeze and distiled water solution with the addition of water wetter from Redline. The water wetter lowers the surface tension of the water allowing better wetting of the heat exchanger and engine coolant passages which promotes better heat transfer. The higher the percentage of antifreeze the lower the efficiency of the cooling system, water is one of the best liquid coolants. Pure antifreeze is a poor coolant. I find the 50/50 solution gives more than adequate freeze up protection.
 
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