No. Keep the coolant level a little bit below the top of the radiator
opening. Once the T'Stat opens, the coolant level will go down at which
point you can raise the engine RPM's to about 1500 and fill the radiator
the rest of the way.
(AKA: "Burping" the cooling system)
- Bernd
At 10:43 AM 01/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 1/24/00 10:41:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>fast4x4@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> > don't forget to leave the radiator cap off until it warms up, don't
> want any
> > air pockets in coolant passages
>
>
>Won't coolant start shooting everywhere?? Usually I just massage the upper
>radiator hose while it warms up, and get the bubbles out that way.
>
>-Austin
>Vipertruck
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