Cooling System Bleeding: Insight
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- Set heater controls to maximum heat. Loosen air bleed bolt located on water outlet. See Fig 1. Fill cooling system with a 50/50 mixture of coolant and water. Tighten bleed bolt when coolant flows from bleed bolt in steady stream without bubbles.
- Continue to pour coolant into radiator to bottom of filler neck. Install radiator cap. Remove water outlet cap, and install a 5/16" (8mm) hose and funnel. See Fig 2. Pour coolant into funnel until coolant level reaches base of funnel. Start engine and let engine idle. Add coolant into funnel as level goes down. Stop engine, and remove hose and funnel, and install water outlet cap.
- Start and operate engine to normal operating temperature (fan comes on at least twice). Turn off engine and let it cool down. Remove radiator cap, and add coolant if necessary to base of filler neck and to MAX mark on overflow reservoir.