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Offline dannyxr2i

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water bleeding (expansion tank)
« on: 01 October 2011, 22:17 »
hi just flushed all my water pipes and rad.. is their a special way of re bleeding this? or is it just a case of filling to max and running the car till fan kicks in?

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Re: water bleeding (expansion tank)
« Reply #1 on: 02 October 2011, 09:49 »
Just fill her up whilst squeezing repeatedly the lower rad pipe, easier if you have a child/mate/partner to pour into the expansion tank for you. Just keep doing this until she is full and all air bubbles are gone. You will know when they are gone as the pipe will feel more 'solid' and less like its sucking though air and water. Its difficult to explain but If you do it it will all make sense.


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