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On my 5.3 swap I drilled and tapped the thermostat housing for a fitting and hooked it up there. You could also drill and tap the top of the water pump and plumb it there. That's one way a lot of people do it. Makes for a real short hose.
huh? but i thought the idea of the steam vent was to relieve the coolant system air pressure? what i cant figure out is if there is a constant flow of coolant through the steam pipe or not?
I'm not sure about constant flow, but if you pull it off and rev the engine water comes rushing out pretty good.
now were gettin somewhere. i have a feeling if i tee'd into my coolant bottle i would just be dumping water out the over flow tube. or do you think the radiator would suck it in fast enough.
Tee'ing into the coolant bottle would most likely be a bad idea.
The pressure in the system is not an issue. What you need is to get the fluid to flow through the system. The upper steam port hose is to get air out of the heads. This issue is really common in the old style system that does not have a reservoir supplying the coolant rather than just a radiator. On OBS conversions I return the steam port line to a hole I tap in the water pump by the heater hose fittings.
so my best option would be to tee into the heater core return line? or does it matter which one i tee into? i dont really want to tap into the water pump mainly because its already mounted.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
I tap into the 3/4" side.
thanks for all your help.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat