Hi all,

I want to change the coolant on my Cinq Sporting and give it a good flush, but Ive noticed that the bleed screw on the heater hose isnt there?

It looks as though its been snapped off at some point and the hole filled with a resin sealant or something???

Am I OK to flush and bleed the system using the 1 remaining bleed screw (from the rad I hink?) or might I have problems and need to replace the heater hose as well?

Cheers.

i would replce the hose since your doing the coolant anyway

yup - makes sense.

Any idea how much they are?

Any recommendations where to buy them or is it a dealer job?

Cheers.

Any old hose the right size will do the job...just pop down a factors or halfords

Kristian

Drill the sealant out and whack a larger metal screw in there.

(not that i've ever snapped the top of one off before!)

Italian Coke Can said:

Drill the sealant out and whack a larger metal screw in there.

(not that i've ever snapped the top of one off before!)

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Mmm, I had wondered about that myself..might give it a try as a start and take it from there.

Cheers all,

Ian.

i snapped mine with very little effort ha, just orderd one from fiat bout 15 quid if i remember correctly

snapper here too lol.

Try get the sealant out of the hole, if it comes out cleanly i've found that quite a few cars have similar item that will fit. In fact i noticed the one on my escort looks like it will fit only yesterday. If it messes up the thread then just use a biggy screw as mentioned, theres no need for a new pipe