Bleeding cooling system

[mb450]

Hello all,

My copy of the bible is with a friend, can someone run through the bleeding procedure for a serp engine?

Thanks

[Cider Andy]

1. Start with a cold engine.
2. Set the heater control to its hottest position.
3. Remove the swirl pot top and screw in a large plastic funnel.
4. Remove the expansion tank cap and half fill the pot.
5. Fill the system with a solution of anti-freeze (between 25% and 50% anti-freeze to water).
6. Keep the funnel about half-full as you bleed the radiator via the bleedscrew on the radiator's end tank near the expansion tank.
7. Tighten the bleed screw and start the engine.
8. As it heats up there will be lots of air escaping through the funnel. Keep the funnel half-full.
9. Once normal running temperature's reached there will be less and less air escaping. Eventually the water level in the funnel will start to rise. Switch off at this point.
10. Remove the funnel and replace the swirl pot top, remembering that the coolant will be very hot at this point, almost boiling.
11. As it cools, don't let the expansion tank level fall below about half-full. Once the level stops dropping replace the cap.

By design the swirl pot will remove any small amounts of air in the system during normal running.