Letting off some steam!!

[Hanksy]

Hi All apologies as i know this must of been answered loads but i cant see a specific answer anywhere

My bongo burst a pipe yesterday the one that is under the drivers seat top of the engine and goes towards the front about 2" pipe so while its out of action i was going to flush out the cooling system

how would i do it i did see a makeshift "hose lock" to coolant hose adapter in here somewhere (but i cant find it again)

do i need to make one of these and then attach it to the engine (or lower pipe) and just run it until clear water comes out , i assume i need to run it long enough so the engine gets hot to open thermostat allow radiator flushing too

is there anything i need to know as to not knacker my engine up

Thanks
In advance
Stu

[Simon Jones]

See my posts here & related links: http://igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/view ... ilit=+Glue.

Don't have the engine running while attempting to flush the system, but as you have hoses disconnected, you should be able to get reasonable flow even with the thermostat closed.

[Northern Bongolow]

or check the 3 video.s on how to bleed a mazda bongo on youtube, they may help.

the more info you have on bleeding the better.