Thread: Engine Saver

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

G'day Guys;

I recieved my engine saver unit yesterday and thanks to LandyAndy for his useful post of second offers I placed my order in. Anyhow this morning Installed the Engine Saver which was quite an easy install.

Below is the Pic of the Unit for those of you who maynot know what it is,






once installation was complete I started up the engine with added coolant got it nice and hot and with all air bubbles gone I noticed that the Buzzer was still sounding away and the LED was on , is there any Trick to setting up of the Inline Sensor that plugs into the Radiator Top hose ? does this sensor need to be vertically on Top ? if so this is how I've installed the unit and the buzzer is still going like mad , do I have any issues with the cooling system , certainly the TEMP Gauge doesnot indicate so..


switched on the Heater unit inside with TEMp Gaugse was halfway and it was quite hot inside the Cabine ??

Any ideas /suggestion would be appreciated ..

I used the other type that has a sensor in the radiator top.
I undid the brass screw on the radiator to bleed the air out and it has worked like a champion since.

I would be inclined to think the sensor would go to the bottom or the side of the hose due to there being the possibility of an air lock at the top of the hose more than the bottom.

If you lose water then it is going to sound as soon as it is in the air I would suspect but not having done one Im not entirely sure.

I would be thinking at the bottom it will need the hose to be mostly empty and at the side, half full I'd think........

Probably not much use for you but 1 more for my post count

Hi Disco owner
If its buzzing you still havent bled all the air out yet!!!.
If its a D2 TD5 you need to unclip the overflow bottle and lift to its full extent to force all the air out of the bleeder in the hose.
Im sure if its a D1 others will give advice how to bleed.
Andrew

Thanks for your replies , Ron I also removed the Brass Screw Plug ontop of the Radiator and let the engine run for a 20-30 minutes until hot , could see air bubbles coming out, WED night Whilst driving to Club meeting Temp gauge shut up past Red line , stopped to invesitgate , undid the Expansion tank plug and the cooling system Spewed it's guts out with coolant , refilled with water , no coolant available and ran it for a while till bubbles were out , drove home and found a Loose Bolt on Water Pump , tightened loose Bolt ? refilled with Water to test the cooling system and Temp Gauge is certainly reading normal since , My Money is on LandyAndy I haven't fully Bled the cooling system.

Any Advice on how to bleed cooling system on a D1 properly ?

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Thanks for your replies , Ron I also removed the Brass Screw Plug ontop of the Radiator and let the engine run for a 20-30 minutes until hot , could air bubbles coming out, WED night Whilst driving to Club meeting Temp gauge shut up past Red line , stopped to invesitgate , undid the Expansion tank plug and the cooling system Spewed it's guts out with coolant , refilled with water , no coolant available and ran it for a while till bubbles were out , drove home and found a Loose Bolt on Water Pump , tightened loose Bolt ? refilled with Water to test the cooling system and Temp Gauge is certainly reading normal since , My Money is on LandyAndy I haven't fully Bled the cooling system.

Any Advice on how to bleed cooling system on a D1 properly ?

Oh boy! You sure are having fun

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Oh boy! You sure are having fun

Yep , having lots of Fun , but if I can get the Buzzing sound to stop I'd be ecstatic , I think the Same style of Buzzer with similar frequency must have been used to extract information from the Russian Spies during the Cold war , when sounding Must exit the vehicle very quickly otherwise your ears will start bleeding

Whilst the engine is colder, undo the plug on top of the thermostat housing to let any air escape

thanks Gav;

I'll give it a go tonite when I get home.