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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:15 am |
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| finners wrote: |
I have to say I dont think I got 6 litres of coolant when I drained it more like 4 - 5 litres.
I seem to have only put about 3 litres in. |
That's because you only actually drain the water in the head and radiator. You don't drain most of the water in the engine block as it's below the drain points.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:49 am |
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who do you drain the water in the block then?
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:00 am |
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Take the thermostat out, when its out flush the system out to get rid of all the s***ty water. re-fit thermostat n hoses, fill system and bleed. Easy peasy
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| An Ex '03 1.4 GLX driver, German technology all the way now. | |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:25 am |
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Thermostat is above the water level in the block!
I think there is a core plug at the back of the engine but I wouldn't remove it. Just flush the system with fresh water through the reservoir.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:59 am |
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Yeah, but if you dont take the thermostat out the block wont get flushed out and you'll end up with a mix of old and new coolant, which sort of defeats the object of replacing the coolant in the first place !!!
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:17 am |
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Can someone point me to the thermostat housing bleed point on my 1.4 v8.
I've marked the one i found but it is taking forever and doesn't seem to work only using the one bleed.
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:40 am |
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Anyoneee?
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:33 am |
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Never heard of a thermostat bleed point. The only bleed point on my 1.4 is the one at the back of the engine bay on the heating pipework. It may take a while to properly bleed the whole system but it will bleed eventually, trust me, it took me 3 attempts to get all the air out and stablise the water level.
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 11:22 am |
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| gixxerkev wrote: |
| Never heard of a thermostat bleed point. The only bleed point on my 1.4 is the one at the back of the engine bay on the heating pipework. It may take a while to properly bleed the whole system but it will bleed eventually, trust me, it took me 3 attempts to get all the air out and stablise the water level. |
My bad, I've found the thermostat housing I meant where do I find the heater matrix one? Which I think is the one you're talking about.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:51 am |
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Its at the back of the engine bay, roughly in the middle and on a hose. It looks like a wheel dust cap. Have a look at the first pic at the beginning of this thread, its a perfect pic of the bleed point !!!
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