Over heating!!!

[Rkcstllns]

OK, so i know its been like a month. But i've been bleeding my system little by little, about once a week. Tonight i tried bleeding it again, and it still over heats!!!!

But when i took the cap off of the overflow to check the level, I noticed that if I squeeze the top radiator hose the coolant in the over flow goes up and down. Also the top coolant hose doesnt feel fiem, even when its overheating. What gives?

does it matter if i keep bleeding the system without driving it?

[jlevie]

Have you tried the bleed procedure I posted earlier in the thread?

[delatlanta1281]

what brand water pump did you install?

[Killacortes]

R3V does things the hard way, I swear. I can bleed a car without running it and without it being hot in about 2 minutes. I should probably make an instructional video. (Oh yeah, no ramps needed either).

You should totes do that! :D

[5Toes]

Vice grips work great on stripped bleeder screws

lol how do retards even strip those??? Mine is fine, a nutdriver is what I use

[Rkcstllns]

Jlevie: I tried your bleed procedure, but without jacking the car up, someone told ne that since my bleeder screw is on top if the thermostat housing, and it's the top of the cooling system that I didn't have to jack it up. Is that true?

delatlanta: Bosch

[dnguyen1963]

Drill a small hole on the top front of your thermostat. This would let the trapped air escaping the thermostat and help bleeding the system much easier. Some thermostats have vent hole; whereas others do not.

[jlevie]

Jlevie: I tried your bleed procedure, but without jacking the car up, someone told ne that since my bleeder screw is on top if the thermostat housing, and it's the top of the cooling system that I didn't have to jack it up. Is that true?

You still need to jack up the car so that air from the heater and rear of the block will move to the bleed screw. A refinement, once the block and heater are free of air, is to remove the small top hose from the radiator, put the cap on the reservoir, and blow into that hose until only coolant comes from the nipple on the radiator, and put the hose back on the nipple. That will get the last little bit of air out.

Once the system is fully bled if it continues to overheat and you get air out on subsequent bleeds the head gasket has failed or the head is cracked.

[paperplane94]

I have heard of some people blowing into the expansion tank to force coolant and air out of the bleeder, but that only applies to the e34's.

Perhaps there are pressure bleeders for the e30 ?