Tinkering Corner & Member's Builds » Air bleed bolt?

#1 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 11:18 am

Where's the air bleed bolt mentioned in section 14-4 of the manual, for coolant refilling?

#2 by devil , Sun May 06, 2012 11:26 am

i,m sure its at the rear of the block near the bottom and quite hard to get too, though i,m going from memory of reading someone else finding it. Sure the right answer will be along soon

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#3 by treeboa , Sun May 06, 2012 11:40 am

may find it easier to bleed out from your heat exchanger luke. what i do is fill mine, run it up on tickover with the rad cap off, obviously refil if needed, then cap on, let it cool down for an hour, check the level again, , repeat this time with the cap on -dont forget the expansion tank as well, then each and every time i have her out for a week i check the level before stating

remember something about having the front jacked as high as poss when refilling as well

#4 by Warriorbez , Sun May 06, 2012 11:47 am

And fill it back up really really slowly I believe helps with air out

#5 by Warriorbez , Sun May 06, 2012 11:49 am

I believe new stats have a little metal bleed toggle/tag Thingy bobby on the surface that's supposed to help let air pass

#6 by Warriorbez , Sun May 06, 2012 11:50 am

R u putting a new rad cap and stat on

#7 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 11:58 am

NO just rebuilding from the new head. stat and rad cap are original. Good advice guys thanks. May have to do it that way Mike. Devil that's the engine block draining plug you're thinking of.

#8 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 11:59 am

Though the stat does have a jiggle valve if that's what you mean?

#9 by Warriorbez , Sun May 06, 2012 12:02 pm

Posted by: Yoda
Though the stat does have a jiggle valve if that's what you mean?

Thats the one! Although i Prefer my name for it

#10 by Nick , Sun May 06, 2012 12:04 pm

When i swapped my stat and changed the anti freeze i bled mine up using the temp sender, on the top front of engine, just under the intercooler.
Easy to find, it has a spade connector on it.

Nick.

#11 by treeboa , Sun May 06, 2012 12:15 pm

you know if you had access to someone that can or you could yourself it would be worth making a bleed valve by extending the temp sender into a neck with a simple taper valve in extension neck

#12 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 9:47 pm

Guess I'll be doing it from the temp sensor or the heat exchanger then. Cheers guys. Shame we don't know where the bleed bolt is!

#13 by LezT , Sun May 06, 2012 10:13 pm

Try removing the top heater hose from the bulkhead fitting, won't have anything much higher in the engine bay.

#14 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 10:15 pm

Yeah good point.

#15 by treeboa , Sun May 06, 2012 10:19 pm

your veg heaters higher than that

#16 by treeboa , Sun May 06, 2012 10:20 pm

or should be if you have mounted behind the intercooler

#17 by Yoda , Sun May 06, 2012 10:25 pm

About the same level TB. I'll compare tomorrow. Veg heater would be easier.

#18 by Yoda , Mon May 07, 2012 8:37 pm

I have bled from my heat exchanger but just in case someone who hasn't seen this randomly knows.........

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