Tryna bleed it need the car for work at 2! Help!
Not happening with the cap on it pressurises water coming through nipple off it overflows and overheats hav to switch off!
I did it first time with nothing in it! Now it's just not happening! Any tips advice how to do it?
Thanks
M20 bleeding help! With e36 rad
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bmw9818
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https://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/ind ... _Servicing
Check the first section on this page (Coolant Change), should be at least some useful info there for you HTH
EDIT: Oh, and IIRC if you jack the front of the car up so it's at an angle it aids the bleeding process
Check the first section on this page (Coolant Change), should be at least some useful info there for you HTH
EDIT: Oh, and IIRC if you jack the front of the car up so it's at an angle it aids the bleeding process
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Park on a slope, works for me
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Jacked it up I got coolant out the nipple it was staying on temp but went over I shut it down and now it's back 2 squire 1, btw it's an e36 rad as well
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im fucking losing it with this turd! 5 hours in, keeps overheating and pressurrising? really dont want to warp the head! do i fill and keep the cap off and just use the screw on the rad? it releases air, it stabilised for a moment, but doesnt matter what i do i cant seem to get coolant in the stat or hoses?! the hose off the water pump is hot but aint full?
car has left me broke without a penny and its still being a b*tch! oh the joy!
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Make sure the heater is turned to hot.
Remove one of the pipes connected to the heater at the back of the engine bay. Connect a garden hose to the heater and run the tap until water flows all round.
Ben
Remove one of the pipes connected to the heater at the back of the engine bay. Connect a garden hose to the heater and run the tap until water flows all round.
Ben
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Bleed from the thermostat housing not the E36 rad screw. The design of the E36 vs E30 coolant systems are totally different. The Thermostat bleed screw is higher than the radiator.
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^ 
tad drastic! il just leave it for now get some new hoses from bmw and jus leave it for my ol man!
everything was working perfect and head etc was only very recently reassembled, so dont want to be removing anything that doesnt need to be, just ran out of $ and skimped on the hoses and it decides to burst!
tad drastic! il just leave it for now get some new hoses from bmw and jus leave it for my ol man! everything was working perfect and head etc was only very recently reassembled, so dont want to be removing anything that doesnt need to be, just ran out of $ and skimped on the hoses and it decides to burst!
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let my ol man do it took him 30 minutes, wth !