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T-Cut · 26th March 2021, 15:10

If all else fails, use MGR's default Workshop method of pre-evacuation. This removes all air from the empty system then sucks in the fresh coolant so every nook and cranny is full. It's guaranteed to refill any cooling system airlock free, no matter how convoluted. No bleed screws, no tank lifting and no hassle. It can easily be done using the popular Pela type oil pump and a rubber bung. Heck, there's even a HowTo on it: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=41864

I used this method for my very first coolant change and recommend it for anyone finding 'standard' proceedure a hit'n'miss affair. But the 1.8T is so easy I don't bother now, with the Pela, Haynes or MGR. Mine simply burps like a baby.

TC

26th March 2021, 15:10	#27
T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,753 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	If all else fails, use MGR's default Workshop method of pre-evacuation. This removes all air from the empty system then sucks in the fresh coolant so every nook and cranny is full. It's guaranteed to refill *any* cooling system airlock free, no matter how convoluted. No bleed screws, no tank lifting and no hassle. It can easily be done using the popular Pela type oil pump and a rubber bung. Heck, there's even a HowTo on it: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=41864 I used this method for my very first coolant change and recommend it for anyone finding 'standard' proceedure a hit'n'miss affair. But the 1.8T is so easy I don't bother now, with the Pela, Haynes or MGR. Mine simply burps like a baby. TC