29-08-2013, 08:04 AM
open all bleed points.
fill header tank to brill. wait till get full stream, no air, of coolant from radiator bleed point.
close off rad' bleed point.
next spot is in rad housing.
to get all air out, you either need to do the coke bottle trick to get pressure in or run engine an idle. but I dont like running the engine to do it if I can avoid it.
get coke bottle full, it will push the coolant (and air through) and wait till nice stream of water coming from thermostat housing bleed point.
close it off.
then do same for matrix bleed point.
the matrix one is often the trickiest. I have had to even with a proper higher header tank made for bleeding fitted, had to run the engine to get the air pushed out on that one.
then run engine till just warm, allow pressure to drop a little then check that matrix hose and thermostat points again.
if the heater was warm/hot though that normally says that its been bled well.
fill header tank to brill. wait till get full stream, no air, of coolant from radiator bleed point.
close off rad' bleed point.
next spot is in rad housing.
to get all air out, you either need to do the coke bottle trick to get pressure in or run engine an idle. but I dont like running the engine to do it if I can avoid it.
get coke bottle full, it will push the coolant (and air through) and wait till nice stream of water coming from thermostat housing bleed point.
close it off.
then do same for matrix bleed point.
the matrix one is often the trickiest. I have had to even with a proper higher header tank made for bleeding fitted, had to run the engine to get the air pushed out on that one.
then run engine till just warm, allow pressure to drop a little then check that matrix hose and thermostat points again.
if the heater was warm/hot though that normally says that its been bled well.
Wishes for more power...