Hi folks, i recently replaced the common rotten water pipe going behind the manifold. Not too difficult and a 20 quid part, not bad.
Where i am struggling however, is bleeding the coolant. I have never in my life had something give so much grief in terms of bleeding!
Followed the many guides on here for bleeding the 1.2 8v FIRE on the Panda but still i'm chock full of air. Sitting still doing about 2000rpm gives a very noticeable loud gurgle of air from the heater matrix/passenger side.
It's "consumed" about 1L of coolant since i changed the pipe and bled. It's not leaking anywhere and it's not a head gasket either, oil is perfect, no sweet smoke out the tailpipe and no other signs of it.
I've bled from the heater matrix hose near the bulkhead, got a steady stream of coolant flowing. I've ran it with the expansion tank cap off. I've (tried) to bleed from the radiator/expansion tank bleed screw but i just cook my hand on the manifold.
What am i missing here? Is there another method or do i just need to waste loads of coolant bleeding from the heater matrix screw?
Where i am struggling however, is bleeding the coolant. I have never in my life had something give so much grief in terms of bleeding!
Followed the many guides on here for bleeding the 1.2 8v FIRE on the Panda but still i'm chock full of air. Sitting still doing about 2000rpm gives a very noticeable loud gurgle of air from the heater matrix/passenger side.
It's "consumed" about 1L of coolant since i changed the pipe and bled. It's not leaking anywhere and it's not a head gasket either, oil is perfect, no sweet smoke out the tailpipe and no other signs of it.
I've bled from the heater matrix hose near the bulkhead, got a steady stream of coolant flowing. I've ran it with the expansion tank cap off. I've (tried) to bleed from the radiator/expansion tank bleed screw but i just cook my hand on the manifold.
What am i missing here? Is there another method or do i just need to waste loads of coolant bleeding from the heater matrix screw?