[Miata] Ping and Coolant refill questions.

[Larry Alster]

I would definitely be checking the timing and if it is too far off suspect
you got the belt wrong.

As for bleeding just run the engine with the cap open for a little while to
let the coolant start to circulate and keep topping it.  Check it often for
the next week.


Larry

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Treadwell" <DBSS_Gohan at Hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:54 AM
Subject: [Miata] Ping and Coolant refill questions.


> Hallo all, I've got a couple of questions...
>
> 92 1.6 miata
>
> I just finished my timing belt install, and everything went well, car
> starts
> up, runs well, but the old timing belt was rather loose on the top
> portion.
> Between the camshafts. I wonder now, because when I go out on the road,
> for
> the test drive, I'm hearing some strange metal sound, and I'm not positive
> on what it is, but I was wondering if it was pinging, it will not occur
> when
> I'm playing with the throttle in neutral, or in the garage, but on the
> road,
> it happens, it's not incredibly loud, if you turn on the blower, you can't
> hear it. But It only happens under load, and is a metal sound. I'm rather
> sure that the belt is on in the right positions because I held the
> camshafts
> with wrenchs durring the proceedure. I'm wondering if now that the timing
> belts been done, the ignition timing needs to be set, if that might have
> somthing to do with it. I'd do it now, but my current timing light is
> broken, and It's almost 1 oclock so I can't get one till tomorrow.
>
> I was also wondering, if there is a special proceedure for bleeding the
> air
> out of the coolant, as I removed the radiator, and refilled the coolant,
> with water right now to make sure theres no leak, but I was still
> wondering
> how you bleed the coolant on the miata.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --John
>
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