how to change coolant(sticky?)
 

ok peeps after several pm here you go

ok bleed niples are located here


first of all drain coolant complete you will need to disconnect the bottom hose on the bottom of the rad here


and reconnect it

then you will need a bleed bottle i heard of a coke bottle being used ect but get 1 from citroen it will be easyer there less than £20 makes life easyer

ok you need 3l bottles of coolant pore in just over 2L of coolant
undo all 3 nipples(in order of pictures) (this is a vts but all saxos are located in the same place




and now top up with water wait till the nipples start to leak with a nice stream of blue liquid and do them up nice and tight



now start up engine allow to idle for 1-2 mins then raise the revs to 1000-1500 rpm

wait for the cooling fan to kick in then return rpm to idle and allow the fan to kick in once again remove bleed bottle and give the car a good run

return and check the level all ok sorted


remember if this helps set me up a rep guys and girls cheer steve


ps ill try and get a pic of a bleed bottle

ok forgot to mention if you have the sound of rushing water after you have done it this way open the nipples up and bleed the system again it due to a air block in the heater matrix so just keep bleeding it till its gone

what about the header tank? will the excess water be drawn into the system?

yes it willl so you will need to suck it out or just drain it eg undo the bleed nipple just so the level is correct on the header
sorry bud was ment to pm you about this soz bud

wicked gotta do this soon on mine cheers

thats ok no problem bud

did mine today, no probs, used a milk bottle as a header tank - perfect fit

good good nice 1 bud

whats this about milk bottles and header tanks?? bit confused

^ you have to use a header tank to fill the system, i used a milk bottle with the end cut off instead of paying for a £20 shitroen one

you mean just to go on the top of the coolent resevoir tube? for when you pour coolent back in?

^ yep, do you have a haynes?

when the system is filled you will need to have more water than he expansion tank will hold, as the excess water will expand and then be drawn into the system :)

pics?

Need to do this aswell soon.

its poisonous lol, im sucking nothing out

i have a haynes yes what page??

oops just found it page 1A.19 but it says when doing up the bleed valves it goes:

a) radiator valve
b) thermostat valve
c) coolant gallery valve

any order really doesent matter


ok the point of the blead take (milk bottle what ever you wanna use )

is so the water level is the highest point on the system hence pushing all the air out the system

good thread matey ive been looking for it! possibly a chance of it being made sticky now winters coming?

cool now i go a overheating on my CAR !!!!!

this would be because you still have air in the system.

superb, but the pics dont load?

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=119992

why drain all the water out? Use my method on the thread above.

Ahh.. I've been looking for this..
My saxo isn't overheating or anything.. just losing coolant (not very often I thought).
It's coming out of the overflow hole at the top, but.. it's not overfilled...
So, I filled it right up, then about 3 days later I've lost an entire LITRE of coolant.. (I can't bloody afford this every few days for my life..)

Will this help it??

Please reapair the pictures.It's very usefull this sticky.Please Please

tbh, all i do is wait till the coolant/water goes a bit and than i top it up with fresh coolant, instead of bleeding the system etc

The coolant level shouldnt drop too much on its own mate, and the actual coolant in the mix strips all the crap out of the coolant system as it works, if you dont flush it every 2 years or so its not good for your car atall

What about the pictures,or they are too old????Someone?????

ye i agree on the pics, can any one help sort it out or get new ones?

Any chance of re-linking those pics? I seem to have the 'rushing water noise' from time to time, only 45k on the clock so will be pissed off if it's a head gasket problem!

Hi the pics for bleeding coolant have gone ?

have you looked at the date when the last post was made?

No this reason i was asking if can be reloded bk up from any1 lol

Why is this still a Sticky..
Without the pic's it's as much use as :wall:
If you get my drift.

Wow! Bit old