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DaHooL2002 - 22 Sep 2003 14:45 GMT

just bought a 96 punto from auction,serviced it,dropped bottom hose to
partially empty rad so i can re-fill with antifreeze & now cant get any heat
from heater.worked fine before so Guess ive dropped a bollock & airlocked
it,tried squeezing pipes,refilling etc to no avail.any ideas where i go next?

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Andrew P - 22 Sep 2003 18:01 GMT

> just bought a 96 punto from auction,serviced it,dropped bottom hose to
> partially empty rad so i can re-fill with antifreeze & now cant get any heat
> from heater.worked fine before so Guess ive dropped a bollock & airlocked
> it,tried squeezing pipes,refilling etc to no avail.any ideas where i go next?

When bleeding make sure the blower is on top fan setting and heat controls
set to hot.

Andy

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DaHooL2002 - 22 Sep 2003 23:16 GMT

cheers i`ll give it a go.do i bleed it with valve on rad or the one on the pipe
near bulkhead or both?

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Andrew P - 25 Sep 2003 19:04 GMT

> cheers i`ll give it a go.do i bleed it with valve on rad or the one on the pipe
> near bulkhead or both?

I would bleed with them both; have heard reports from Bravo owners of bleed
times up to 30 minutes to solve problems.

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