maverick
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I decided to change my coolant as it got a bit cooked from my little over heating problem which has now been resolved .
This took about half an hour and a really easy job to do much to my amazement .
So on the advise from dave ball ( a independent who services my car ) here's how I did it .
1. Jack up front off car so you can get to the under tray.
2. Unbolt the under tray
3. Remove cover panel in engine bay above the coolant expansion bottle and release the cap.
4. Facing the front off the car at the bottom off the radiator on the right is a bleed screw , undo this with a bucket underneath .
5. Leave to drain into said bucket and go and have a cup of tea .
6. Once all the coolant has drained , tighten up the bleed screw , be very careful not to over tighten it .
7. Replace the under tray .
8. Lower the car to the ground
9.With your chosen anti freeze mix . 50/50 , Slowly poor into the expansion bottle . DO NOT RUSH THIS PART take your time , if you try and fill to quickly the air does not have time to bleed out of the return hose and this can cause trapped air in the system . You can actually hear if bubbling through .
10. Once the desired level is reached turn your fan speed switch to 1 and temp to max and switch the car on .
11. Check the level again. , I found it dropped straight away and top up .
12.Get the car up to temp check again and replace the cap and cover panel .
13. Give the car a day of normal driving and check the level again and top up if needed .
14. Job done
This took about half an hour and a really easy job to do much to my amazement .
So on the advise from dave ball ( a independent who services my car ) here's how I did it .
1. Jack up front off car so you can get to the under tray.
2. Unbolt the under tray
3. Remove cover panel in engine bay above the coolant expansion bottle and release the cap.
4. Facing the front off the car at the bottom off the radiator on the right is a bleed screw , undo this with a bucket underneath .
5. Leave to drain into said bucket and go and have a cup of tea .
6. Once all the coolant has drained , tighten up the bleed screw , be very careful not to over tighten it .
7. Replace the under tray .
8. Lower the car to the ground
9.With your chosen anti freeze mix . 50/50 , Slowly poor into the expansion bottle . DO NOT RUSH THIS PART take your time , if you try and fill to quickly the air does not have time to bleed out of the return hose and this can cause trapped air in the system . You can actually hear if bubbling through .
10. Once the desired level is reached turn your fan speed switch to 1 and temp to max and switch the car on .
11. Check the level again. , I found it dropped straight away and top up .
12.Get the car up to temp check again and replace the cap and cover panel .
13. Give the car a day of normal driving and check the level again and top up if needed .
14. Job done
