Hi guys,

I’m having trouble getting the air out of my coolant system and was hoping someone can confirm that the coolant pipe layout pictured below is correct.

Also is there a process I need to follow or best practice to bleed the air out of a 1.6 AEE coolant system?

Regards Rob

1 hour ago, Rsedmonds said:

Also is there a process I need to follow or best practice to bleed the air out of a 1.6 AEE coolant system?

Run your car normally till gets hot and the radiator spins,turn the heat to 4th scale and keep if for a while

Sto and raise the hood while the engine is running at idle

Wear gloves and take a cloth-towel,squeeze gently any coolant house you can reach especially the main,this will push the air bubbles to go to the top

Cover the cap from the coolant expansion tank with the cloth-towel,unscrew it extremely softly,if a ''hisss" sound heard means you had air bubbles,continue and loosen one click more,maybe the ''hisss" sound will be heard again maybe not,one click more and the cap it's easily loosen till comes out

By the way check the inside of the expansion tank for any detritus

Turn of the heat to 0 and turn off the engine,screw the cap back but not with extremely force

Return home and leave the car to cool off completely at night,next morning check the cap because one click tighten maybe needed (maybe not).

You can check for leaks in a repair-shop,they have at least 2 ways to raise the pressure in the system and if there is a problem then coolant drops will show-up in the problematic spot.

you have mixed up your rad connections

And heater connections