28-05-2012, 09:52 AM
Doesn't necessarily have to flood the cylinders...
The head gasket on my car is beyond repair, it's absolutely shagged, orange engine bay and everything, bubbling and spurting coolant on idle - but it doesn't flood the cylinders once turned off even now...
Bleed points are on the line from behind the fuel filter/thermostat housing, should be next to the fuel filter. The other is on the heater matrix.
Bleed by opening the top one first, give yourself an orange 'tash and make sure that one has water spurting out, then open the other one and run up the engine, should splutter a bit of water, then go to a steady piss of it... Close it, leave it run until the radiator starts getting warm, keep topping up the coolant as it gets all the tiny bits of it out, especially when the thermostat opens, there's usually a big gurgle and it'll eat a load, then it's pretty much all done.
The head gasket on my car is beyond repair, it's absolutely shagged, orange engine bay and everything, bubbling and spurting coolant on idle - but it doesn't flood the cylinders once turned off even now...
Bleed points are on the line from behind the fuel filter/thermostat housing, should be next to the fuel filter. The other is on the heater matrix.
Bleed by opening the top one first, give yourself an orange 'tash and make sure that one has water spurting out, then open the other one and run up the engine, should splutter a bit of water, then go to a steady piss of it... Close it, leave it run until the radiator starts getting warm, keep topping up the coolant as it gets all the tiny bits of it out, especially when the thermostat opens, there's usually a big gurgle and it'll eat a load, then it's pretty much all done.
