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Old 11-10-2002, 12:20 AM   #3
jim_howard_pdx
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Fill it as far as you can on the radiator, then start her up and let her idle until the engine reaches operating temp. Then shut her down, watch the reservoir to see if a bunch of steam comes out as she cools a bit, then fill the resevoir to the very top. Next morning she should have sucked in most of the resevoir. Just pull the cap, fill it, set the resevoir at normal and drive another day.

You may need to refill the resevoir one more time as more air is expelled by the engine. On my motor, I have an air vent plug that I use to fill the engine cooling passages to full. Then I just pull it the next day when it is cool and re-top the coolant. This gets all the steam out of the engine.

Hope this helps.
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