Can somebody please explain to me why the Porsche 944 is prone to air locks in the water system. Having worked on Vauxhalls most of my life they never have this problem. Yet my 1989 944S2 appears to be suffering from a major air lock.
I bought the car and it needed a paint job so I finally got that done now I'm on the mechanical side. The car ran but the temperature gauge went up to the red. I have flushed the system and the fans are working too but nothing seems to cool it down I thought that the thermostat may be faulty but was surprised to see that the previous owner had taken it out. I assumed that without the thermostat the car would actually run a lot cooler but it's still hot.
I changed the cap on the header bottle and tried bleeding the system but still no joy. I rang a local garage and they said that on the 928 if the thermostat was removed it would run hotter because the system was designed that way. He was unaware if the same thing would happen on the 944 so I thought I'd ask the experts here.
I have ordered a new thermostat but I'm curious to a few things.
How can you bleed the system when the Thermostat is cold and you are unable to access some of the water in engine? why do Porsche's suffer from air locks when other cars don't? My garage recommends that I bled the system with the engine of and cold and open the bleed valve. They suggest I keep pouring water into the hear tank until I get a constant trickle of water from the bleed valve. They say this is a long job but do you guys have any suggestions that may help.
Thanks in advance for your help.