** How Do You Properly Bleed The Cooling System..?
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Coolant o-rings fail different from a head-gasket on a piston engine
When people say "it's like losing a head gasket" it's really not
Piston engine blown head gasket will see all 4 strokes, so sucking in and pushing out coolant
Rotary will only see 1 depending on where the leak is
Remember the engine has each part of the stroke process at different sides
You could burn coolant by having it suck in on the intake or combustion side of the motor, and you could force air and pressurize the cooling system if it's on the compression or exhaust side
I had a leak on the compression side of my motor
When people say "it's like losing a head gasket" it's really not
Piston engine blown head gasket will see all 4 strokes, so sucking in and pushing out coolant
Rotary will only see 1 depending on where the leak is
Remember the engine has each part of the stroke process at different sides
You could burn coolant by having it suck in on the intake or combustion side of the motor, and you could force air and pressurize the cooling system if it's on the compression or exhaust side
I had a leak on the compression side of my motor
#22
Basically what I'm getting at is if the leak is small enough, and it's, say, on the intake side of the motor, the engine would VERY slowly lose coolant from the reservoir, it would be burned, and because of the way the system is designed, it would draw from the reservoir back into the engine
So you might think you just have a leaky hose somewhere when your motor is actually burning it
Same idea on compression side
Mine only acted up when it was warmed up and driving for a while.. I kept driving and the seal got worse, and next thing I know I can't drive for 5 minutes without the system pressurizing and dumping all the coolant out of the overflow, weather hot or cold engine. There wasn't any debris in the coolant either. When a head gasket goes on a piston engine you get alot (more) of contamination.
So you might think you just have a leaky hose somewhere when your motor is actually burning it
Same idea on compression side
Mine only acted up when it was warmed up and driving for a while.. I kept driving and the seal got worse, and next thing I know I can't drive for 5 minutes without the system pressurizing and dumping all the coolant out of the overflow, weather hot or cold engine. There wasn't any debris in the coolant either. When a head gasket goes on a piston engine you get alot (more) of contamination.
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