bleeding the colant system

[john4688]

hi im trying to bleed the colant system up but it gets hot but not the heater matrix? any ideas?

 

[Fast Guy]

Have you bled it this way?

http://www.gtiroc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44564

 

[john4688]

ah thank you didnt no theres a bleed screw will try that!

 

[jambo_gtir]

there are two bolts you need to undo when doing the coolant. I kept having problems with mine until i undid the head drain bolt and bled it from there too. Yours mite be ok with just bleeding it from the stat bolt (top left of stat) but mine wasn't lol.

 

[Fast Guy]

What head drain bolt? There's no mention of it in the manual?

 

[Tim]

I followed the instructions that Fast Guy posted and it seems to be fine..

For the rad cap modification i just bent a short nail, seemed to do the trick.

 

[jambo_gtir]

What head drain bolt? There's no mention of it in the manual?

No mate it doesn't say you have to do that in the manual but it seemed that by me doing it, it cured my problems.
I kept doing the way the manual said but still had air locks and kept blowing off hoses. When i finally bled it using the head drain bolt aswell (just under the exhaust manifold and left of turbo) it has been spot on ever since.