Bleeding the radiator

[beattie17]

How do you bleed the radiator basicly cheers?

 

[Jonzy]

Ive always bleed the system by leaving the car idle for 20-30 mins with the cap off the header tank.

Sometimes had to drive round the block and then release the pressure.

 

[beattie17]

Have done that serveral times but think theirs is air in radiator n it aint coming out

 

[JimyFloyd]

Hi,

Never done it on my seat (yet), but on my old car i basically set it to about 3,500rpm, most of the air can be seen bubbling up to the header tank. Give the water pipes a squeeze as well to force any trapped air, watch out tho they get very hot. I do believe that there a bleed valves as well along the way.

James

 

[beattie17]

Yeah am havin trouble finding the bleed valves

 

[andycupra]

it may not have bleed valves.
it may be self bleeding. ie just poor into the expansion tank.
something to do with how its designed. thought i dont actually know on the ibiza.
i do know the corrado was self bleeding. (after i spent time looking for the bleed valve myself)

what makes you think it may have air in the system? is it over heating?
it could be the water pump.

 

[beattie17]

Yeah its overheating and now hot air has stop'd coming out vents.

 

[Black TDI Turbo]

YOur probs looking at water pump failure as the lack of hot air could be the water not circulating around the system advised not driving it n gettin the water pump checked? Do the cooling pipes get hot from both sides of the radiator?