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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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8th Dec 04 at 11:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My engine doesnt have one...

yet lookin at sassyminx's engine bay pics, she does, sposed to be same engine...

are they all the same on 1.4's & 1.6's ???

not sure if one on mine is the right one...
Rileysport
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8th Dec 04 at 11:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my x16 lump doesnt have one... they're just on the c16 i think
Siberia
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8th Dec 04 at 11:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine dont either....
PaulW
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8th Dec 04 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hmmm weird cos sarah's is an ecotec too yet hers has the bleed screw...

maybe dependant where the engine was built
Siberia
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8th Dec 04 at 11:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
my x16 lump doesnt have one... they're just on the c16 i think


i should have said... mines a c16

p.s why do ya need it for?

[Edited on 08-12-2004 by Siberia]
PaulW
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8th Dec 04 at 11:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
readin thru haynes when i was doing a coolant flush, says to bleed the system there when re-filling, but as it wasnt there I just removed the lil temp sensor to the left of the thermostat housing & did it that way...

i just thought it had the wrong piece onm the engine!
Greasemonkey
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8th Dec 04 at 11:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There was never one on my C16XE, Both of them actually lol
Siberia
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read i remember reading that when i done my conversion... couldnt find it so just filled up with water/antifreeze then let it heat up and just sqeezed the rad hose... air came out through the header tank....

*awaits someone to tell me that this could kill the engine*
broster
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8th Dec 04 at 11:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that how i did it siberia its fine long as you ca npump the water round by squeezing the hose....

 
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