What you will find here: Intended to display minor modifications to my Westfield SEi, this blog now witnesses the two year rebuild (and more) after a major crash in October 2011. Have fun and feel free to add a comment at the end of any post.
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Coolant fill

The new radiator also meant that most of the coolant was lost during the crash and the change. Without the scuttle where the nice aluminium expansion tank is fixed, I mounted the old one on top of the engine and filled the circuit via the thermostat housing. Once the liquid spills out of the small radiator port, it has to be closed, then the thermostat housing is filled to level and also closed. The expansion tank is then filled a little above minimum and closed. Time to look around the whole circuit for leaks. When the engine gets started and the coolant circuit is under pressure, there might appear some drops on connections and it will be fixed. For now it's good to know that the coolant is in again. One more step done before restart.
Cheers.

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