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Originally posted by Nordic
If you're using a bleed/fill tube you should really consider finding a Y-fitting or getting a small res for the purpose of getting rid of the air a little quicker. In my system the water speed forced the bubbles past my bleed/fill tube when I used a 3/8" T-fitting.
FRAGN'STIEN: What do you mean with this statement about the placement of the fill tube?
"make sure it's at the highest point in the system"
That doesn't really make any sense in closed system. Water won't come spurting out unless you've got a serious air-leak, but that is easily solved by plugging the end of the bleed/fill tube or keeping the opening above every other component (where air can enter).
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Well in my old system the bleed fill tube was on the circuit from rad to block which happen to bo the highest point and seemed to bleed air faster. I would fill the system then hit the swich on my surge strip to start the pump, when the air came to the T fitting I would shut the pump off and let the bubbles rise to the top of the tube. I had the same problem as you with the T fitting, the air would just shoot past the fill tube so I used the method I just explained to you to manipulate the air out of the system. Now in my new setup I went to a res with a submerged pump and the bleeding process is much faster, only a few cycles and it's gone.