how to change coolant(sticky?)

[steveos_vts]

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

[steveos_vts]

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

[doubledavies]

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

[steveos_vts]

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

[VTaaRon]

wicked gotta do this soon on mine cheers

[steveos_vts]

thats ok no problem bud

[doubledavies]

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

[steveos_vts]

good good nice 1 bud

[VTaaRon]

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

[doubledavies]

^ 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

[VTaaRon]

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

[doubledavies]

^ 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?

[Saxo-Slag]

Need to do this aswell soon.

[doubledavies]

Originally Posted by steveos_vts

yes it willl so you will need to suck it out

its poisonous lol, im sucking nothing out

[VTaaRon]

Originally Posted by doubledavies

^ 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?

i have a haynes yes what page??

[VTaaRon]

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

[steveos_vts]

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

[dsh85]

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

[Lisonjeiro]

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

[Ben_L]

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