16. FLM liquid cooling circuit
16.5 Draining the liquid cooling circuit
In case of part replacement, consider only draining that part of the circuit which contains the defect part. E.g.
in case of pump replacement; it is preferred to bypass the engine circuit. This to exclude the engine from the
problem.
Necessary tools
• Half a meter of plastic tube with male valved fitting.
• Half a meter of plastic tube with female valved fitting.
• Syringe connected with short tube with male valved fitting.
• Empty bottle with a volume of 1 liter.
• Cloths.
Howtodraintheliquidcoolingcircuit?
1. Interrupt the liquid cooling circuit by uncoupling the valved fitting at the heat exchanger.
Tip: Sometimes a little cooling liquid will be spilled. Wrap a small cloth around the valved fitting while uncoupling to absorb
the spilled cooling liquid.
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2. Insert the plastic tube, which contains a female valved fitting, into an empty bottle and then couple the female valved fitting with
theexitsideofthecoolingcircuit.
Note: Circuit is pressurized, so first insert tube end into empty bottle.
OUT
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Draining complete circuit
160 R59770072 FLM SERIES 19/03/2007