To follow up, I pulled the upper radiator hose and it was full. Still tried to pour fluid in, but ultimately decided to reconnect and attempt to use the small breather/overflow hose at the top of the thermostat housing. Using a small 3oz funnel I slowly refilled as much as possible until I saw...
Ok, thank you both.
We did have heat in the vents and I had squeezed the hoses, but only to test for heat/water/pressure, not as a means to push air around.
I mistakenly figured the reservoir fed the engine high enough (it doesn't) and thought the area feeding the thermostat had enough water...
Hi all,
I'm helping my son with his 2014 Mustang v6. He had a small coolant leak at the base of the water pump so we changed out the water pump.
Trying to bleed the system so we:
- fill up the coolant reservoir
- raise the front end to help air bubble up easier
- engine running
- heat all the...