bloodraven

Now saturday...I get to USE IT! Do I just hook it to the bleeder valve on the slave after I set it to 10 psi through the resevoir? I have never done this before...

pete944

The Motive attaches to the reservoir. Fill it with a quart of new fluid, Pump it up to 10-20psi and then crack open the bleeder screw and watch the junk come out. It's really easy and does a great job. Best $45 I ever spent. Except for this girl in Mississippi, but that's another story...

BruceWard

First attach the power bleeder without any fluid in it and pump to 10 PSI to make sure everything is leak free, you do not want to get brake fluid everywhere, it eats paint.

Then if you are changing fluid syringe or turkey baster fluid out of the reservoir and fill the reservior back up with new fluid.

Pour the rest of the new fluid in the power bleeder, pump it up to 10 psi or a little more, but no more than 20 psi and bleed away.

When you open the bleed valves fluid will come out, without any need to pump it.

Cyrus951

Can this procedure be used to bleed the coolant too?

BruceWard

I thought about that when changing my thermostat, but the fittings do not fit.

The easiest way to bleed the coolant is to run to your local Autozone or similar and pick up a loaner radiator pressure tester. Autozone charged me $75 as a deposit then refunded it when I returned the tester.

Connect the tester up to the fill cap on your reservoir and pressurize it, I think I used 20 or 30 psi. Then open the bleed screw to let the air out of your cooling system. The bleed screw on my 968 is located near where the top radiator hose goes into the block.

There is a great howto on this on http://www.clarks-garage.com that is worth reading as soon as Clark's ISP gets it running again.

It would be great if Motive made a radiator attachment.

pete944

I just bought this for the cooling system. It's a nicely made gadget and it looks like it will work great. You need an air compressor, though.
I haven't used it yet but I'll post about it when i do.
It creates a vacuum in the cooling system so the coolant is sucked into the car. No more bleeding or air pockets.

BruceWard

Here is the howto I referred to earlier http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual/cool-02.htm

I would not use a coolant bleeding tool enough to make it worth owning one. The loaner tool worked out well for me and only cost the gas to pick it up and drop it off.

Looks like a nice kit though!

Cyrus951

Excuse the hijack, but would you reccomend changing the thermostat after bleeding the system? How hard is it to change it? What temp setting should I get?

Thanks

pete944

Change the themostat before bleeeding. You have to drain the coolant out to change the thermostat. The stock one is 83 degrees C. There is an 80 degree one available.
As far as how hard it is to change, do a search on 'snap ring pliers'.

z3bra

That vacuum filler is nice, almost wish I would have bought that instead of the tester from Napa that I got violated on based on the price. Would have gone the loaner route but none of the Autozones and Checkers by me had them for some reason. Oh well it's a handy little bugger and has a nice plastic case to keep it in. I'm making a point of loaning it to my friends if they even think they might need it just to help me not feel so violated by the purchase price from Napa. At least it was in stock and it did help me find a couple of leaks right away before they made a big mess. Still think I have a bubble or two in the system that aren't being cooperative though.

pete944

For the price, I couldn't pass that up. I always have a hell of a time bleeding these cars. This thing looks like it will do the job nicely.Mine will also be available to anyone in the area who wants to use it.

Dave in Chicago

My 13 year old has been able to bleed the brakes and clutch with the Motive between track days since he was 10. It is the hot set-up!

Enjoy.