Im going to give my erst a coolant change soon, its something ive never done always taken to garages etc, i know u empty old water out, then im going to put a hose in the radiator and give it a good flush, then reconnect the hoses etc and put all the right antifreze mix in etc, whats the best way to bleed the system??, do u put the heaters on hot etc .........any more tips cheers all......p.p

 

As far as im aware the only way to bleed the air is to leave car running from cold with the header tank cap off and once the fan cuts in give the coolant hoses a few squeezes, you should see loads of air bubbles coming out.

im sure somebody else will correct me if im wrong

 

got a bit puzzled when i coudnt find a bleed screw , so that sounds pretty straight forward

 

As above, literaly fill the bottle up, it will take a while to fill up the system, once its stopped going down fill it to the maximum mark, then start the car, and allow it to run up to temperature (u can flick the blowers on if u want, put them on low though, as it all affects warm up time), top the coolant up as/when it starts to go down, i personally get the cap on just before the fan is about to cut in as otherwise the expansion bottle usually overflows because its so close to boiling point, but it should be as simple as that. Once the fan has turned back off all the hoses should be good and hot, likewise so should the heaters.

 

i usually take the hose off the top of the thermoustat housing to and it'll let some air escape, then when it piss's water stick it bk on, with the h.cap off, then as everyone sais when it's hot stick the cap back on!