bleeding my rad

1. Robbie-Flat-Arch Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 Haywards Heath Posts: 2143 Saxo 1.1 desire

   #1 25th June 2010, 19:18

   ok i have read the sticky but dont see why i need a header tank what does it do and is it really important or can i do it without one?
2. samueljonburgess Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2007 bromley Posts: 2728 Nissan S13, Saxo Furio

   #2 25th June 2010, 19:20

   as the bleeding point at the back of the engine is higher air gets trapped init or somthin along those lines i think
   
   just cut a bottle in half
3. Robbie-Flat-Arch Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 Haywards Heath Posts: 2143 Saxo 1.1 desire

   #3 25th June 2010, 19:23

   what is the bottle for though i dont get it and where do i put it
4. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #4 26th June 2010, 09:42

   Doesn't your rad have a tank built in?
5. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #5 26th June 2010, 09:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by robbie-woods what is the bottle for though i dont get it and where do i put it

   To raise the coolant to a point higher than the highest bleed screw, if you are filling the rad up from lower than the highest point it'll never circulate with gravity if you get me?
6. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #6 26th June 2010, 09:50

   Also, you put the bottle in the radiator, where you fill the coolant
7. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #7 26th June 2010, 10:07

   There should be three bleed points around your Engine, you only really need to use 2. The heater and Engine screws, the rad one can be used if you want to.
8. Philly1983 Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Wallsend, Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 230 53 Saxo VTR, 57 207

   #8 26th June 2010, 13:57

   Its to challenge the laws of physic's, Equilibrium and all that.