e46 318 coolant bleeding

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irish320i
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Post Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:12 pm

think i have to change a bung on the bottom of the rad its a hex shape its leaking out around it can this be replaced It looks like it turns a small bit and then pulls out gonna lose the coolant when i take it out just wondering are they hard to bleed
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Post Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:58 pm

there is a bleed valve on top of the rad next to the coolant top up cap. you bleed the system from there
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Post Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:06 am

Thanx was checking to make sure there's nothing major to it like the older m20s that have to be bleed on a slope to work properly
Al
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