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Old 10-22-2014, 08:02 AM
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Hi Folks,

I hope you're all well.

I am looking for a line by line guide to bleeding the coolant system, there are bits here and bits there, people being smart and others not so.

Basically I had a water leak from the water pump to the engine, i replaced the lost coolant, about 3 liters. I used the bleed screen on the water pump to expel air from that side of the system but my temp gauge on the dashboard is now showing 1/4. Strangely if i turn off the car and turn it back on again the temp shows the true temp in the mid position but then the gauge drops back to a 1/4 within seconds.

Please give a line by line guide EG:

  1. remove filler cap
  2. turn on car
  3. turn on heater to full
  4. ........


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I used the bleed screen on the water pump
Bleed screw sorry
 
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You may want to post your question in the tech section for the particular car model you've got. The procedure for an X-type is very different than for an S-type for instance.
 
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