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JAMIE1131 · Sep 30th, 2007, 08:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by oldmots (original)

You are wise to be suspicious. Not only does the system need to be bled, the engine should be started with the pressure cap off and watched until bubbles stop coming up in the filler neck or upper reservoir if you have an "S". It will take ten minutes or so, the thermostat has to open first. This cooling system has more pockets than a trench coat! You can be sure there are a few Minis out there that got blown head gaskets due to this very thing, but they got blamed on something else!.

I'd be willing to bet thats how my headgasket blew, it had the coolant changed less than 300 hundred miles before it happened!!

Sep 30th, 2007, 08:49 AM	#9
JAMIE1131 MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Earl Shilton, Leics. Local Time: 01:32 PM Posts: 792 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by oldmots (original) You are wise to be suspicious. Not only does the system need to be bled, the engine should be started with the pressure cap off and watched until bubbles stop coming up in the filler neck or upper reservoir if you have an "S". It will take ten minutes or so, the thermostat has to open first. This cooling system has more pockets than a trench coat! You can be sure there are a few Minis out there that got blown head gaskets due to this very thing, but they got blamed on something else!. I'd be willing to bet thats how my headgasket blew, it had the coolant changed less than 300 hundred miles before it happened!!