How To Bleed A Cooling System – EricTheCarGuy

Kind of a request, I’ve described this procedure a few times in print but never made a video. As I said in the video if your having issues with a fluctuating idle, no heat, or an overheat problem you may want to start here. Also, if you have just serviced the cooling system in any way this is the procedure I recommend to fill it back up. The only regret I have with this one is the end where I didn’t shoot footage of closing up the radiator using the tool that I used in the video, I may show it at some point in the future.

Here is a link, perhaps an old link, to the “Spill Free Funnel”

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=spill+free+funnel&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=4031750381&ref=pd_sl_67pg14j0u6_b

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46 thoughts on “How To Bleed A Cooling System – EricTheCarGuy”
  1. wille williamsson
    I don’t have oil in water or water in oil but keep getting air in my collant system. Can it still be the head gasket? It runs well for a few hours after bleeding the system but then it builds up pressure and air again.

    Ford Fiesta 2005 1.4

  2. 11 1/2 years later, an absolutely very helpful video. Unfortunately, I should have watched this a few months ago when I replaced a radiator on a Honda CRV. Your tips and tricks are awesome! Thanks Eric

  3. I have a d15b2 90 civic dx… it has the bleeder at the front of the car.. near the distributor infront of it.. is this still relevant for bleeding?

  4. Great Video…I picked up one of those funnels, gonna burp my 69 BBC Camaro 'cause I put in a new radiator with eFans, new thermostat, all new hoses, new water pump, and Vintage Air. I had drained the block as best I could, also drained the old heater core before taking it out. My car never had a overflow tank or a catch can of any kind, so I think I will add catch can connected to the hose coming out of the radiator neck. What do you think Eric?

  5. 11 yrs and still helpful don't ever take this down 👍👍👍

  6. My car temp gauge never goes past midway point, but I notice sometimes after I cut the car off, my coolant reservoir has a bubbling sound and coolant spews out from the neck and from under the radiator cap. My cooling fans work when the car gets up to temp. I don't know why it's doing this.

  7. Can’t believe I didn’t watch this sooner I think this may be my problem I replaced all coolant hoses and heater hoses but never bled the system which explains why it started after I did the job. Thank you I’ll update on the issue!

  8. Thanks for the share extremely helpful on cooling problem on focus burping system works.✌️👍🙏😊

  9. My mercedes is the worse for this. No radiator cap. Only reservoir. So no spill kit has a cap as big as a reservoir cap. No throttle body to accelerate while not being in car. No bleeder valve. Having a hard time bleeding it out

  10. Honda says to close the heater valve before you put the radiator cap back on. They say its an absolute must, I dont know what to make of it

  11. Hi Eric I have a 2015 Renault traffic 80,000 miles that heater just blows cold air ,so I flushed the the heater matrix and found oil in the system. It did heat backup a little bit for 5-10 minutes and then back cold . I had a 3 year apprentice mechanic and he is talking about head cylinders/ gaskets . €0000000
    Any idea what it could be
    Cheers

  12. If you don’t have the air release bolt keep the front of the car higher than the rear as your pouring in the new coolant. Incline driveway or jack up the front.

  13. Great channel , can I do the same thing without a funnel ?
    And I have a land-rover with a leaking intake manifold gasket , I'm gonna fix that soon , but can the vacuum leak cause coolant leak ?
    Thanks Eric

  14. how about doing another video like this one on a 97-03 f150, no radiator cap on them but they do have a coolant reservoir tank with a cap.

  15. Had no overheating issue before I replaced water pump and thermostat. Now it's overheating. I'm not sure if it's air or new stat is faulty.???

  16. Can't wait to see if this fixes it. Ok it didn't fix. Or replacing, thermostat, or radiator cooling fan(mine was bad though). Ordered new radiator today, the saga continues.

  17. 11 years later and I still come back to see your amazing videos 🙏 so helpful

  18. Just replaced the radiator, thermostat, hoses and pump. Didn't know how to get the system full of coolant. You helped a lot. I didn't know about the bleeder plug. 2001 GMC Jimmy. I'm rebuilding my AC also. Your AC video helped with that too.

  19. 1994 honda accord ex I have bled the system change tps map sensor rapid idle valve cleaned the intake and throttle still has a irratic idle very bucking and Jenkins when you fist take of frustration is setting in should I just scrap it and go by a chevy

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