Help with radiator bleeding
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Eunos Cosmo
Help with radiator bleeding
What is the process.
I had to install an new overflow bottle and don't want trapped air.
do i simply start the car with the cap of overflow bottle?
I don't think the actual radiator has a cap.
I had to install an new overflow bottle and don't want trapped air.
do i simply start the car with the cap of overflow bottle?
I don't think the actual radiator has a cap.
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Eunos Cosmo
yeah just overflow and a few pipes.
started it with cap off.
got it up to temp and put it back on. i assume there's a relief valve somewhere but it seems okay.
Now I'm never letting anyone look at the car, when I have the hood up a passer by leaned on the bottle and snapped an end off it.
started it with cap off.
got it up to temp and put it back on. i assume there's a relief valve somewhere but it seems okay.
Now I'm never letting anyone look at the car, when I have the hood up a passer by leaned on the bottle and snapped an end off it.
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2007 BMW 550i
yeah just overflow and a few pipes.
started it with cap off.
got it up to temp and put it back on. i assume there's a relief valve somewhere but it seems okay.
Now I'm never letting anyone look at the car, when I have the hood up a passer by leaned on the bottle and snapped an end off it.
started it with cap off.
got it up to temp and put it back on. i assume there's a relief valve somewhere but it seems okay.
Now I'm never letting anyone look at the car, when I have the hood up a passer by leaned on the bottle and snapped an end off it.
usually you disconnect the pipe that leading into the top of the overflow reservoir from the front and point it down and keep adding until the water that comes out is solid and consistent. But I suppose getting the engine up to temperature will open the thermostat which should get rid of air when the water starts flowing.
