gday guys i no longer have coolant running through my intake manifold anymore but im wondering how i can bleed the cooling system properly. i was speaking to group3t on the weekend and he has ran the coolant line that t's into the heater line for the turbo up above the head with a bleeding bolt thingo. will that work? im sure people have done something like this when they have after market plenums and stuff so let me know your opinions. cheers matt i think he tapped into the hose going up then a 90 degree bend to the left.

That's what I have done. That hose that goes up and 90deg to the left runs over toward the back of the engine. I t-pieced that hose, off the T piece, I added hose length above the motor and added a bleed valve (barb to female thread + blocking off bolt). When I fill the coolant, I pull this hose up and undo the new bleed bolt until no more air - then tighten and put back down out of the way.

yeah thats what group3t has done i think and thats what i will do aswell i reckon. so you dont have the t peice inline ( as in between 2 peices of hose) its just a single hose coming up with a bolt at the end of it pretty much? dont suppose you have any pics?

i blocked mine off i might have to re think this so i dont damage the head ...i might just run a header tank infront of the brake master cylender and conect it to that water outlet

Quote: Originally Posted by vlwagz [View Post] yeah thats what group3t has done i think and thats what i will do aswell i reckon. so you dont have the t peice inline ( as in between 2 peices of hose) its just a single hose coming up with a bolt at the end of it pretty much? dont suppose you have any pics? i ran my bleed on the turbo return line that runs into the heater lines, just made sure the bleed part with a screw in bolt was higher than inlet manifold/ head

Quote: Originally Posted by vlwagz [View Post] yeah thats what group3t has done i think and thats what i will do aswell i reckon. so you dont have the t peice inline ( as in between 2 peices of hose) its just a single hose coming up with a bolt at the end of it pretty much? dont suppose you have any pics? I have T pieced off the hose, and connected a hose then to the 3rd opening of the T-piece to bring it up above head level. I'll get some pics when I get home of the setup.

Quote: Originally Posted by boosted_wagon [View Post] i blocked mine off i might have to re think this so i dont damage the head ...i might just run a header tank infront of the brake master cylender and conect it to that water outlet yea im going to do that, but as long as myns bleed right atm , iv heard so many horror storys about blown heads in vls, bleeding seems 2 be the last thing people think of

Yeah i had usually just stuck a 2 litre bottle in the radiator but it's a messy way of doing it and I'm not to sure how well it works so I'm going to do this. Pics would be handy if you could get some lads.

i dont have coolant through my manifold either and i just do the bottle in the radiator, works fine.

cut the bottom off a big bottle, make sure the top is higher than the manifold, so you fill it up past the height of the manifold, thats how ive always bleed my cooling system

Don't you get coolant every where when you pull the bottle out? I've been doing mine the same way but I want something a bit easier and cleaner.

With the t-piece bleed (which cost all of $20), I don't spill a single drop, and I ensure all the air is out.

ive got a funnel bucket thing and it has a plug in it so you dont spill anything. cost $40 i think and has all different attachments to suit all different cars. duunno if you have seen them before

ive looked for that bucket thing but haven't found any shops that sell them

you spill a bit but you can always clean it up, i'd rather be safe than sorry

which is why i wanna get a bleed valve in the coolant line rather than put a 2 litre bottle in my radiator and spill **** everywhere.

Forgot about this. I'll go take some photos now.

You're still supposed to put the bottle in the radiator with the bleeder bolt installed.. What's so bad about spilling a little bit of coolant? Just hose is off strait away and it doesnt leave a mess.. When I pull the bottle out, I blocked the bottom with my other hand so only a little bit spills..

The Bleed bolt lets the air out of other parts that wont come through the radiator. Pics: 1st pic is of the same angle as the OP's photo. Hose is bypassed from the front to the back - not going through the plenum. Where my hand is, i've put a T-Piece in line of this hose with another hose coming off. 2nd pic is of the other end of that hose coming off - I pull it up above the plenum/head/everything. Undo the nut to bleed it. Works great. Once bled, and tightened back up - just put it back down out of sight.

But how will the air get pushed out? Same principle as a water tower, store the water above the highest point of land so there is pressure at the tap.