Recent content by fwsmittyk

Thanks wow that long. Sounds like from all comments I just haven’t even given her a chance to burb. Guess I’m just a nervous nelly with her.

Thanks I did replace thermostat a few years ago and has been working fine with just a few thousand miles on it. But it’s possible coincidently it failed at same time I did the smog work so I won’t rule that out.

Brand new sensor! I’m going to drive it up the side of my garage so it’s pointing to the sky on next try😂

Okay thanks. Definitely no coolant leak.

Sender? You mean coolant sensor? I assume if don’t see coolant it’s not pumping through block. So what would that tell me?

Thanks yeah I have regular funnel I press down on while filling but nothing is moving after the initial fill - just pours back out within seconds after start. Done this at least 3 other times and never a problem - fast burp, run and top off in just a few minutes. Something is f@&d up with it.

No but appreciate the thought and I’ve heard about folks doing that! I did not remove thermostat for either the Desmog or the pump job.

Thanks BlackCat I didn’t know that was impossible. Don’t understand why smoke rises from engine - maybe just penetrating oil burning off but it’s taking a long time to burn off. I’ll just keep running it and try to burp it out.

Thanks all, so... what is the trick in getting the air bubble out? Honestly the engine was literally smoking and temp gauge To top red within 2 minutes so I can’t attempt to get the bubble out while engine is running or it will melt down. I didn’t drain the block of coolant so should I go...

OSS, thanks but wouldn’t an air bubble clear after running for several minutes. Truck was jacked in front, I tightened hoses down, filled radiator, turned heat on high and one thing I was surprised about is I left radiator cap off to burp and both times the coolant almost immediately poured out...

Thanks for responding G-man. Sorry thought I posted in fj60 forum. So it’s a stock 60 with 124k original miles. On 2F there are 2 bvsv valves in lower thermostat housing and the lower valve is removed in desmog which causes coolant to spill until plugged. The upper valve has nipple for 2 vac...

Completed desmog taking great care following desmog threads on this site. Started right up sounded great but began immediately overheating and didn’t seem to be pulling coolant into block since I was trying to add coolant needed from some loss after pulling lower valve off thermostat. Thought...