New thermostat and housing now overheating help

[boothy5473]

Just had new thermostat and housing and went on motorway and temp gage went in red can any one help 2006 mini cooper

[mab01uk]

Probably due to an airlock in the system, it must be carefully bled from 2 or 3 bleed valves to eliminate all air after refillng the coolant or will it will cause overheating.

[boothy5473]

Quote: Originally Posted by mab01uk (original)

Probably due to an airlock in the system, it must be carefully bled from 2 or 3 bleed valves to eliminate all air after refillng the coolant or will it will cause overheating.

Thanks but how should I do that

[mab01uk]

This link below should help (or do a search for 'bleeding'):
http://www.mini2.com/forum/maintenan...g-coolent.html